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Overview
Central bank of the euro area. Leading digital-euro CBDC development as flagship EU fintech initiative.
Recent Developments
- 2026-09-21: Launched pontes — wholesale tokenised asset settlement in central bank money; initial participants include Deutsche Bank, Santander, Société Générale, EIB, Clearstream; full features by 2028 (2026-09-21-eurosystem-pontes-tokenised-finance)
- 2026-09-18: WSJ alleges President christine-lagarde personally intervened to block binance Greek mica license over dollar stablecoins concerns — ECB holds no formal MiCA licensing authority (2026-09-18-ecb-lagarde-binance-mica-block)
- 2026-09-15: Opened call for e/m-commerce merchants to join digital-euro pilot; applications due Oct 27, 2026 (2026-09-15-ecb-digital-euro-merchant-pilot)
- 12-month pilot expected H2 2027 with beta digital euro in realistic checkout environments
- Info session Oct 6, 2026; PSP partners selected June 2026
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