Digital Euro: ECB’s Ambitious Plan Meets Political Opposition and Banking Resistance – News and Statistics
May 2, 2026 Europe’s payment infrastructure is heading toward its most substantial overhaul in many years. A digital…
French finance minister calls for euro stablecoin sovereignty – Ledger Insights
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure urged European banks to develop euro denominated stablecoins and tokenized deposits, backing the…
ECB Sounds Stablecoin Alarm; Eco CMO Says “The Cat Is Out of the Bag”
The European Central Bank has sounded the alarm on stablecoins, warning that dollar-pegged digital assets pose serious risks…
ECB research finds stablecoins impact bank deposits, monetary policy – Ledger Insights
The European Central Bank has published research into the impact of stablecoins. While the three high level findings…
ECB Expands Euro Backstop Access to Enhance Financial Stability
Editorial & Advertiser disclosure Global Banking & Finance Review® is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion…
Bank of Italy Chief Warns Banks Must Tokenize Money to Compete with Stablecoins
Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta told the country’s banking association on Wednesday that commercial banks must convert…
ECB’s Cipollone pushes back on offline-only digital euro proposal – Ledger Insights
Yesterday, the European Central Bank (ECB) Director Piero Cipollone made a speech about the digital euro to the European…
Bundesbank: digital euro targets payment sovereignty threats from US, China – Ledger Insights
In a recent interview, Bundesbank board member Burkhard Balz spoke about his view on the need for a…
Is the ECB warming to stablecoins? – Ledger Insights
In a blog post, “From hype to hazard: what stablecoins mean for Europe”, Jürgen Schaaf, a European Central…