Tag: European Central Bank (ECB)
ECB sets up special task force to combat banking frictions
The European Central Bank (ECB) will establish a task force charged with reviewing Europe’s banking rules, aiming to harmonise practices among member states to...
A new world payments order? Europe’s bid to move away from...
President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, recently spoke about Europe's overreliance on US and Chinese payment firms in the midst of...
ECB governor warns of “future upheavals” of Trump’s pro-crypto regime
The conflicting stances between Europe and the US on a range of issues has become clear as day in recent weeks, and this divergence...
ECB to examine distributed ledger settlement of central bank money
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced steps forward in achieving an integrated European market for digital assets.The bank’s Governing Council has decided to...
Lack of diverse digital payments means for Digital Euro introduction
The European Central Bank (ECB) has revealed new updates into the development of its potential native central bank digital currency (CBDC); the Digital Euro. Figureheads...
European Central Bank searching for third party partners for CBDC project
The European Central Bank (ECB) has invited selected bidders to tender to become the third party provider for its ‘digital euro’ CBDC.In its second...
Norwegian krone to be added to TIPS instant payments platform in...
The Norwegian central bank has moved to enhance the country’s usage of instant payments via a partnership with the European Central Bank (ECB).Norges Bank...
Why ECB’s new ruling creates an ‘inclusive and competitive payments landscape’
Last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed new measures that will enable non-Payment Service Providers (PSPs) to access central bank payment rails. This new...
BNP Paribas facilitates first-ever digital bond issuance in Slovenia
Global financial service provider BNP Paribas has helped arrange and settle the first-ever sovereign digital bond issuance inside the Eurozone with the Republic of...
New ECB policy enables non-bank PSPs access to central bank payment...
The European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed yesterday that non-banking Payment Service Providers (PSPs) will now be able to access central bank-operated payment systems. The move...
