european central bank

Beyond Words: AI Shows Facial, Vocal Cues of Central Bankers Can Impact Financial Markets
Beyond Words: AI Shows Facial, Vocal Cues of Central Bankers Can Impact Financial Markets
March 26, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

A picture is worth a thousand words. In the world of central bankers, it can even move global financial markets. Central bankers like Fed Chairman...

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ECB: US Embrace of Crypto Could Trigger Financial Crisis
ECB: US Embrace of Crypto Could Trigger Financial Crisis
March 16, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

A European Central Bank (ECB) official says America’s embrace of cryptocurrency and non-bank finance could backfire. “The United States risks sinning through negligence,” Francois Villeroy...

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Will America’s Crypto Push Help Birth a Digital Euro?
Will America’s Crypto Push Help Birth a Digital Euro?
February 06, 2025  |  CBDC

The digital dollar may be off the table for now, following a recent executive order. However, the European Central Bank (ECB) hopes America’s new pro-cryptocurrency attitude can...

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What Treasury Teams Can Learn From Central Banks’ Tokenization Projects
What Treasury Teams Can Learn From Central Banks’ Tokenization Projects
January 28, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

For decades, wholesale cross-border payments have meant snail-paced bank wires, money squirreled away across sprawling correspondent banking networks, and the accumulation of enough fees that...

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Revolut Chair, Others Eye Buying Monaco’s Banque Havilland
Revolut Chair, Others Eye Buying Monaco’s Banque Havilland
September 23, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Revolut’s chairman is reportedly part of a group aiming to purchase part of Banque Havilland. Martin Gilbert is among the investors in talks to buy the Monaco-based arm...

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Report: Digital Currency Projects Underway in 134 Countries
Report: Digital Currency Projects Underway in 134 Countries
September 17, 2024  |  CBDC

New research shows that 134 countries are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Those countries account for 98% of the world’s economy, according to findings released Tuesday...

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Germans Prefer Carrying Cash as CBDC Decision Looms
Germans Prefer Carrying Cash as CBDC Decision Looms
August 18, 2024  |  CBDC

The future of the digital euro could be decided next year.  But as Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Aug. 18), many people in Europe’s largest economy...

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European Central Bank: Swift Outage Affected Real-Time Gross Settlement System
European Central Bank: Swift Outage Affected Real-Time Gross Settlement System
July 18, 2024  |  Banking

The outage at Swift that affected the Bank of England also impacted the European Central Bank. The outage, which lasted for several hours on Thursday...

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Bank of Israel Remains Uncertain About Potential CBDC
Bank of Israel Remains Uncertain About Potential CBDC
July 11, 2024  |  CBDC

The Bank of Israel reportedly plans to wait until another advanced economy launches a central bank digital currency (CBDC) before introducing one of its own....

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