Digital Euro

ECB Expands Digital Euro Efforts With Pontes Tokenization Tool

ECB Expands Digital Euro Efforts With Pontes Tokenization Tool
ECB Expands Digital Euro Efforts With Pontes Tokenization Tool
September 21, 2026  |  CBDC

The European Central Bank is expanding its digital euro efforts with its new Pontes solution. Announced Monday (Sept. 21), Pontes allows wholesale transactions in tokenized assets to be...

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ECB Invites Merchants to Help Shape Digital Euro
ECB Invites Merchants to Help Shape Digital Euro
September 15, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The European Central Bank (ECB) has called for online and mobile merchants to participate in a digital euro pilot, it said in a Tuesday (Sept....

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Europe Wants Its Own Digital Money Moment
Europe Wants Its Own Digital Money Moment
July 06, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: How Stablecoins Are Reshaping Global Banking The same question can have both a strategic answer and a practical one. That’s something EU lawmakers...

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EU Lawmakers OK Talks on Digital Euro Framework
EU Lawmakers OK Talks on Digital Euro Framework
June 23, 2026  |  CBDC

The digital euro is reportedly closer to becoming a reality following a Tuesday (June 23) vote. As Bloomberg News reported, the European Parliament’s ECON Committee approved...

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ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro Launch
ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro Launch
April 24, 2026  |  Digital Payments

The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed agreements with three European standard setters to facilitate digital euro payments, if the digital euro regulation gets adopted by...

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France Urges Euro Stablecoins to Break Dollar Dependency
France Urges Euro Stablecoins to Break Dollar Dependency
April 17, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said Friday (April 17) that European banks should develop more euro-based stablecoins and tokenized deposits to reduce the continent’s reliance...

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EU Parliament Gives Digital Euro Its Blessing
EU Parliament Gives Digital Euro Its Blessing
February 10, 2026  |  CBDC

Europe’s Parliament has reportedly given its first major endorsement of the digital euro. That’s according to a report by Reuters on Tuesday (Feb. 10), which...

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ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro to Anchor Europe’s Retail Payment Infrastructure
ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro to Anchor Europe’s Retail Payment Infrastructure
January 29, 2026  |  Digital Payments

European payments sovereignty moved back to the top of the policy agenda Thursday (Jan. 29) as European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone...

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