ECB President: Digital Euro Decision to Come Early Next Year!

European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde has said that the bank should decide by early next year on whether or not it will be releasing a digital Euro. During an Online policy panel held on Nov 12, she stated that…

The European Central Bank will Consider Digital Euro Study Next Year

An October 2, report revealed that a digital euro could be on the way. The report stated that the European Central Bank could begin serious studies on the digital euro next year. The report looked into how a digital euro…

ECB President, Lagarde, Pushes for Central Bank Digital Currency

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has thrown her weight behind the bank’s active involvement in the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to address the demand for faster and cheaper cross-border payments. Speaking…

German Bank Boosts Bitcoin with Negative Interest Rates Move

Germany’s first bank is demanding that savers pay it to hold their money. The bank is demanding payment to hold custody of their money even if it means one euro per account. According to multiple local press outlets, including the…

ECB Banker: Libra Could succeed where Central Banks have failed

Facebook’s Libra could potentially solve some of the problems that have plagued the international payments market for years now, but it might also create others if the regulators don’t get creative. This is according to a European Central banker who…