European Central Bank (ECB)

342 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 15 May 2025

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ECB sets back deadline for non-bank PSP access to Target

The European Central bank has postponed a deadline for allowing non-bank payment service providers (PSPs) to access central bank-operated payment systems, including the Target settlement system.

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Fluency to test offline and programmable payments for ECB's digital euro project

The European Central Bank has selected UK-based deep tech company Fluency to run intiatives in programmable and offline payments for the digital euro project.

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ECB onboards private sector firms to digital euro innovation platform

The European Central Bank is stepping up preparatory work on a digital euro, opening an innovation platform where nearly 70 private sector market participants can explore functionalities and use cases.

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EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX

The Bank for International Settlements and its central bank partners have successfully demonstrated how wholesale payment infrastructures, such as RTGS systems, can interoperate with each other for FX transactions via new technologies, such as distributed ledgers.

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Danish Krone arrives on T2 and Tips

As of 22 April 2025, Danish market participants are able to settle wholesale and retail payments in Danish krone instantly in the Eurosystem’s T2 and TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) services.

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Europe needs digital euro to counter risk of economic coercion - ECB economist

Europe needs a digital currency to safeguard against threats from new forms of money like stablecoins, and to reduce reliance on US payments firms amid heightened political tensions, warns European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane.

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Eurosystem to offer Sepa-wide VoP scheme

The central banking system of the Euro zone is to offer a Verification of Payee service for PSPs in the Single Euro Payments Area.

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ECB investigates settlement of DLT-based transactions in central bank money

The European Central Bank is looking into how to settle distributed ledger technology-based transactions in fiat money.

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Digital payments on the rise in Europe, but cash still king at POS

While the use of digital payments continues to rise in the euro area, cash is still responsible for more than half of all point-of-sale transactions, according to a European Central Bank study.

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Blugarian market successfully joins EU's Target Instant Payment Settlement service

The European Central Bank welcomes the Bulgarian market to the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) service following its successful migration in December 2024.

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BNP Paribas details involvement in Eurosytem wholesale DLT trials

Eurosystem accelerates innovation and experiments wholesale settlement solutions for DLT transactions with BNP Paribas.

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ECB publishes second progress report on digital euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its second progress report on the preparation phase of a digital euro, laying the foundations for the potential issuance of the CBDC.