European Central Bank (ECB)

321 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 01 Aug 2024

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Go-live of the T2-T2S consolidation project confirmed

Following an assessment by the Market Infrastructure Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), the Governing Council of the ECB has confirmed the go-live date for the T2-T2S consolidation project.

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ECB IT chief quits to lead German cybersecurity efforts

The Director General Information Systems of the European Central Bank (ECB), Claudia Plattner, will leave the central bank to join the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

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ECB to stress test 99 banks

The European Central Bank (ECB) will stress test a total of 99 directly supervised banks in 2023. ECB supervisors will examine 57 of the euro area’s largest banks, which were selected to cover broadly 75% of the area’s banking assets, as part of the 2023 EU-wide stress test coordinated by the European Banking Authority (EBA).

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ECB contemplates development of basic digital euro app

The European Central Bank is considering a new digital euro app, which would include basic payment functionalities and create a standardised approach to connecting end users to intermediaries.

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ECB executive says gambling rules should be applied to curb crypto speculation

ECB board member Fabio Panneta says trading in unbacked digital assets should be treated by regulators like gambling.

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Digital euro to get thumbs up or thumbs down in 2023

The European Central Bank says it will finalise the the overall design of a digital euro in the second half of next year as it publishes its second progress report on the project.

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ECB finds strong demand for both cash and digital payments

Cash is still the most frequently used means of payment at the point of sale, but its share is declining according to the latest study on the payment attitudes of consumers in the euro area, published by the European Central Bank.

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ECB publishes documentation on digital euro prototyping exercise

The ECB is running a digital euro prototyping exercise.

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ECB delays launch of unified collateral management platform

The European Central Bank has set back the scheduled launch date of its new collateral management system from 20 November 2023 to April 2004.

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ECB payments experts sound the death knell for bitcoin

Senior payments experts at the European Central Bank have dismissed bitcoin as a marketing scam that should not be legitimised by regulatory intervention.

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Binance chief downplays CBDC threat to crypto

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) do not pose a threat to cryptocurrencies and would actually help build trust among sceptics by validating the underlying blockchain technology.

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Eurosystem delays T2 wholesale payment system launch

The European Central Bank has delayed the launch of a new real-time gross settlement system and central liquidity management model, T2, by four months until next March in order to give some member states more time for testing.