The European Central Bank (ECB) is exploring a potential interlinking between its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform and the Central Bank of Brazil’s Pix platform, Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. 3). The ECB said this in response to Reuters’ inquiry about a claim by unnamed sources that the two central...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has discontinued about 40 supervisory publications and has revised others in an effort to provide simpler guidance and more effective supervision. These moves followed the ECB’s review of more than 130 publications, Frank Elderson, member of the executive board of the ECB and vice-chair of...
Europe must build its own modernized settlement solutions anchored by central bank money, because stablecoins alone have structural weaknesses, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday (May 8). In a speech delivered at the Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum in Spain, Lagarde said that euro-denominated stablecoins might provide short-term gains in...
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 European Union (EU) co-legislators. The new agreements with European Card Payment Cooperation (ECPC), nexo standards and the Berlin Group allow the reuse...
January 09, 2023
Eurozone inflation has dropped back into the single figures after two months of double-digit rates. The latest figures from the EU statistics agency Eurostat estimate that the annual inflation rate across the eurozone was 9.2% in December, down from 10.1% in November and 10.6% in October. The lower inflation follows a series of interest rate […]
May 21, 2020
The tipping point might be nigh for digital dollars and other central bank-issued currencies done through bits and bytes. As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic...
May 19, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken both the United States and global economies, with 38.4 percent of small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) reducing their payroll and experts warning that the pandemic...
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 […]
September 04, 2026
The European Central Bank (ECB) is exploring a potential interlinking between its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform and the Central Bank of Brazil’s Pix platform, Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. 3). The ECB said this...
June 26, 2026
The European Central Bank (ECB) has discontinued about 40 supervisory publications and has revised others in an effort to provide simpler guidance and more effective supervision. These moves followed the ECB’s review of more...
May 08, 2026
Europe must build its own modernized settlement solutions anchored by central bank money, because stablecoins alone have structural weaknesses, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday (May 8). In a speech delivered at the Banco de...