European Central Bank (ECB)

348 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 12 Aug 2025

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ECB bids to bust CBDC myths

The European Central Bank has hit back at public "misconceptions" about the digital euro and its future role as a substitute for physical cash.

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Speech: ECB's Fabio Panetta on a digital euro's impact on the financial system

Throughout history, innovations in money have challenged and altered the structure of the financial system. Time and time again, innovations have given rise to debates about the risks they pose and the rewards they bring, as well as the role of central banks in building confidence in money.

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ECB ponders €3000 threshold for consumer digital euro holdings

The European Central bank is toying with the idea of imposing a €3000 limit on consumer CBDC accounts to discourage users from transferring all their cash from commercial banks to the central bank.

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European Central Bank sets up climate change centre

The European Central Bank is to set up a climate change centre, uniting the disparate work streams operating across the bank.

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EC and ECB join forces to investigate digital euro

The European Commission and European Central Bank are working together to investigate the policy, legal and technical questions emerging from a possible introduction of a digital euro.

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ECB fields record response to consultation on digital euro

The European Central Bank has received a record of over 8000 responses to its consultation on the creation of a digital euro, an electronic form of central bank money accessible to all citizens and firms.

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ECB appoints Claudia Plattner as director general of information systems

The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Claudia Plattner, currently Chief Information Officer at DB Systel, the IT provider of Deutsche Bahn, to the position of Director General Information Systems as of 1 July 2021.

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Italian banks rally round digital euro

The Italian Banking Association is to kick of a techncial feasibnility study on the use of distributed ledger technology for a future digital euro.

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ECB offers robust support of cash as digital payments creep up

Euro area consumers are gradually shifting towards cards for in-person retail payments, although cash remained the most used instrument at the end of 2019, according to data published by the European Central Bank.

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ECB steps up efforts to combat climate risk

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published its final and amended guide on climate-related and environmental risks following a public consultation.

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ECB warns the future of money is at stake as Facebook preps January crypto launch

As news leaks out about a possible 2021 launch for Facebook's digital currency Libra, a senior European Central Bank official warns: "What is at stake is nothing short of the future of money".

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EBAday 2020: Stablecoins could pose threat to level playing field in payments landscape

The level playing field of payment services could be undermined by the widespread use of stablecoin network, according to Maria Teresa Chimienti, market infrastructure expert at the the European Central Bank.