In this conversation, he shares his views on Lagarde’s target, the challenges of digital euro adoption, its coexistence with stablecoins, and the broader implications of a CBDC on privacy and ...

The Eastern European country of Belarus is reportedly set to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by next year.

Philip Lane said the prevalence of electronic payments using Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal "exposes Europe to risks of ...

An ECB working paper on the digital euro published in March showed that European consumers are not interested in adopting a digital euro, with many seeing little value in the potential CBDC.

Issuing a digital ruble is a government priority in Belarus and the plan is to have it ready by the end of next year, a ...

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov took his country a step closer to issuing its own central bank digital currency Thursday, ...

A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is a digital version of a region ... Cash is a “cornerstone of the European financial system” and its only sovereign means of payment, but it ...

The reality of digital money payment systems is dawning on us, and regulation is a crucial step in ensuring its smooth ...

Italy’s economy minister warns that US dollar stablecoins are a bigger threat than Trump’s tariffs, pushing the EU to ...

Dr. Nir Yaacobi from the Digital Shekel team at the Bank of Israel shared that participants in the study were randomly ...

Belarus plans to fully launch its CBDC, the digital ruble, by late 2026, as confirmed by the central bank and the Prime ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Central banks worldwide are accelerating retail CBDC (central bank digital currency ...