Stablecoins were not designed to compete with SEPA Instant on its home turf. When a euro payment stays within the EEA, existing rails already deliver speed, availability and efficiency. The harder problem begins when money crosses currencies or borders. That’s where correspondent banking, prefunding and reconciliation still stand between a payment being sent and actually […]
Tokenized money is a blanket term, not a single instrument. It covers at least four distinct categories of digital claims. Each of them has a different issuer, a different legal status, and a different settlement risk profile. Under this blanket sit stablecoins, tokenized deposits, tokenized money market fund (MMF) shares, and wholesale or central bank […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) has renewed its warning that widespread stablecoin adoption could weaken Europe’s banking system by diverting deposits away from commercial banks, strengthening the central bank’s case for introducing a digital euro as a secure, publicly backed alternative for digital payments.
Bitcoin, la criptomoneda líder cierra marzo en una banda estrecha, aparentemente inmune a la retórica más agresiva del Banco Central Europeo (BCE) en años. JPMorgan confirma que Bitcoin está actuando como activo refugio durante la guerra con Irán, captando flujos que antes iban al oro. La aparente calma a 67.500 dólares tiene una explicación que […]
Global financial services are facing intensified regulatory pressure after a series of high‑profile control failures exposed weaknesses in risk management, compliance and cybersecurity across leading players in digital payments, banking and crypto trading.
The world’s major central banks are cautiously turning the page toward monetary easing as signs of slower inflation and modestly improving growth emerge.
By advancing its digital‑euro project to the next phase, the EU European Central Bank joins the ranks of 70 + nations that have moved beyond the preparation stage of their central‑bank digital currency CBDC programmes.
The ECB’s work on the digital euro remains in the preparation phase, with no final decision in place as to whether to launch it or not. However, the bank is working closely with national central banks, industry, and EU lawmakers to make sure everything is in place if the go-ahead is given.
The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, said that artificial intelligence could undermine the social model of the region if countries do not nurture the skills necessary to harness such technologies.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is expanding its efforts to enable banks and financial institutions to use blockchain-based systems for transactions with central bank money.
The European Central Bank on Thursday, January 30, decided on another interest rates cut, which was the fifth since June.
The European Central Bank will continue cutting interest rates as the inflation spike in recent years has increasingly moved into the rear-view mirror, bringing the 2% target.
The European Central Bank on Thursday, December 12, adopted the fourth decision since the beginning of the current year on cutting interest rates, which corresponds to the preliminary expectations of experts regarding the actions of this financial regulator in the context of the dynamic of monetary policy.
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday, November 21, during a conversation with media representatives, said that this financial regulator should decide on cutting interest rates at each regular meeting on monetary policy issues until the cost of borrowing is fixed at such a mark, which will neither restrict nor stimulate […]
The European Central Bank on Thursday, October 17, decided to cut interest rates again.
In September, inflation in the eurozone fell below the European Central Bank’s 2% target.
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