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. 15) press release. The pilot presents an opportunity for merchants to collaborate with the ECB and euro area national central...
Nothing visibly changed in American payments when the clock struck midnight on Saturday (July 11). Consumers still used cards, bank accounts and cash, and businesses still moved funds through banking networks. Yet the United States had nonetheless made a consequential architectural choice about the future...
Another European Central Bank official issued a stablecoin-related warning, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (May 31). Isabel Schnabel, who sits on the bank’s executive board, said at a Bank of Korea conference in Seoul that these tokens threaten financial stability and monetary policy by increasing the...
The European Central Bank’s effort to build a homegrown payments system using a digital euro is being slowed by European banks’ concerns that the solution would lead to customers transferring cash from banks to an ECB wallet, Reuters reported Thursday (May 21). These concerns have...
September 22, 2026
The digital euro is moving out of central bank planning and into checkout, with implications for merchants in the United States and payments providers. The European Central Bank opened applications Sept. 15 for eCommerce and mobile commerce merchants to join a 12-month digital euro pilot expected to begin in the second half of 2027. Applications […]
July 16, 2025
It’s not every week that a sector with a checkered past gets the regulatory green light in the U.S. But it may end up being true this week, as the...
February 21, 2024
In Europe, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has inched closer to reality, by virtue of a vote. As a result, the United States may have to play a bit...
February 06, 2024
In recent years, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has emerged as a driving force in the digital payments space, with the region’s rapid technology adoption and changing consumer behaviors positioning it...
September 15, 2026
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. 15) press release. The pilot presents an opportunity for merchants to collaborate with the ECB and euro area national central banks, gain firsthand experience of a simulated digital euro ecosystem […]
June 01, 2026
Another European Central Bank official issued a stablecoin-related warning, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (May 31). Isabel Schnabel, who sits on the bank’s executive board, said at a Bank of Korea...
May 22, 2026
The European Central Bank’s effort to build a homegrown payments system using a digital euro is being slowed by European banks’ concerns that the solution would lead to customers transferring...
May 20, 2026
Before returning to office, President Donald Trump promised to outlaw central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). But Timothy Massad, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), told CoinDesk Tuesday (May 19) that the...
