European Central Bank advances blockchain-based payments, paving the way for a digital euro to enhance transaction efficiency ...

The European Central Bank is progressing with its blockchain-based payments system initiative, aiming to establish a central ...

The ECB’s plans to build a payments system on distributed-ledger technology could lead to the issuance of a digital euro.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is ramping up the development of a wholesale CBDC initiative for transaction settlement between institutions.

As global momentum appears to be building for the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – bringing with it the potential to ...

The European Central Bank wants to establish a blockchain-based payment system that allows financial institutions to settle ...

The latest European Payment Study by management and technology consultancy BearingPoint reveals significant shifts in payment behavior across nine European countries. While cash usage continues to ...

The president of the German central bank is advocating for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to a report.

This could become the norm if the recent presidential edict to stop minting new pennies comes to pass. I’m no economist (though I do hold a degree in economics from Wharton), but the only downside I ...

Russia is increasingly leaning on crypto and blockchain amid global sanctions and economic woes. At least 15 Russian banks ...

Payments giant MasterCard is forecasting that central banks will shift away from retail CBDCs (central bank digital ...