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01 Mar 22 @ 09:09
Sberbank European subsidiaries are on the brink of collapse warns the European Central Bank as Russia’s largest bank face failure because of the impact of sanctions. Shares fell heavily at... read more
03 Dec 21 @ 16:09
Following a 2020 public consultation, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council has approved a new Eurosystem oversight framework for electronic payments, schemes and arrangements. Background The PISA framework is the result... read more
10 Nov 21 @ 15:50
Central Bank Digital Currencies issued by major central banks will become legal tender in their jurisdictions, this may sound completely obvious but was certainly not to be taken for granted,... read more
24 Aug 21 @ 08:49
The introduction of a digital euro would boost consumers’ privacy and protect the eurozone from the “threat” of competing cryptocurrencies that could undermine the bloc’s monetary sovereignty, according to the... read more
21 Apr 21 @ 14:11
Plans for the much vaunted digital euro have started to take shape this week after the findings from the ECB’s public consultation and signals from Frankfurt that offer some relief... read more
15 Mar 21 @ 17:11
The ECB has recently petitioned European Union lawmakers saying that they expect to have veto power over the launch of stablecoins and other potentially disruptive cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s Diem... read more
04 Feb 21 @ 17:02
The European Central Bank has announced that it will take the enormous decision in spring, whether to move ahead with the initial work to launch a digital euro. The complex... read more
02 Dec 20 @ 12:39
On October 27, 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) issued a public consultation (Consultation) on its draft oversight framework for electronic payment instruments, schemes, and arrangements (PISA). The Consultation invites feedback on... read more
16 Nov 20 @ 20:04
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council, in line with the European Commission’s (EC) objectives, has taken an important move towards the full reach of instant payments across the euro... read more
08 Oct 20 @ 13:00
The ECB has announced that it will investigate how TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) could support instant payments transactions across different currencies. The investigation will begin as of October 2020... read more
05 Oct 20 @ 18:15
The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a report in which it states the importance they are placing on a potential digital euro which they are seriously considering and studying... read more
20 Mar 20 @ 12:49
The European Central Bank says it will spend €750 billion in bond purchases to calm down sovereign debt markets, in the strongest signal in the euro area to date that... read more
29 Nov 19 @ 16:02
The European Central Bank says it is exploring whether to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as an alternative to cash. One of ECB’s most prominent board members warns... read more
26 Mar 18 @ 09:59
UK headquartered banks are still planning for a March 2019 departure from the UE after European regulators declined to offer any formal assurances for how business can be conducted during... read more
19 Feb 18 @ 17:23
In a speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 4th Bargeldsymposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank last week he defied the growing convention that Europe... read more
27 Nov 17 @ 16:16
The European Central Bank (ECB) has conducted a comprehensive study to analyse the use of cash, cards and other payment instruments used at points of sale (POS) by euro area... read more
06 Apr 17 @ 15:14
Ten years ago the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a common vision for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which they described as an “integrated market... read more
23 Feb 17 @ 10:01
Ten years ago the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a common vision for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which they described as an “integrated... read more
17 May 16 @ 13:15
The European Central Bank will set up a database to register incidents of cyber attack and cyber crime at commercial banks, aiming to create an early warning and analysis system... read more
09 May 16 @ 12:19
The European Central Bank has stopped producing €500 notes, in a move it depicts as a crackdown on crime but which critics in German-speaking countries say is part of an... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
23 Jun 26 @ 18:52
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more
