A digital euro may provide Europe with greater resiliency and autonomy. So said European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde during a virtual event hosted by the Bank for International Settlements, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March 21). Lagarde pointed to the fact that many Europeans depend on...
In a video address as part of a high-level conference on the digital euro earlier this month, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, announced that the central bank digital currency (CBDC) project had received “strong political backing,” a year after kicking...
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde came down on the side of regulating digital currencies, saying crypto is “based on nothing,” Bloomberg reported Friday (May 20). She said regulators should pass new rules to make sure people are less likely to speculate on cryptocurrencies with...
Sweden is the latest country to join the European Central Bank’s (ECB) instant payments platform in an effort to ease electronic payments. The agreement allows the ECB to offer Sweden access to the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) in Swedish currency to support the...
November 17, 2023
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the European Union (EU) needs a “European SEC” that will replace the region’s currently fragmented supervision with a more top-down approach like that of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This is necessary because the EU faces capital markets challenges on the scale of those faced by the U.S. when it […]
March 21, 2023
A digital euro may provide Europe with greater resiliency and autonomy. So said European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde during a virtual event hosted by the Bank for International Settlements,...
May 22, 2022
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde came down on the side of regulating digital currencies, saying crypto is “based on nothing,” Bloomberg reported Friday (May 20). She said regulators should...
April 03, 2020
Sweden is the latest country to join the European Central Bank’s (ECB) instant payments platform in an effort to ease electronic payments. The agreement allows the ECB to offer Sweden...
