EU finance ministers came to an agreement on Thursday (Dec. 5) that digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra have no place in the European Union unless...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has considered using a public digital currency if international payments inside of Europe stayed too expensive. Reuters reviewed a confidential...
In today’s top payments news, a potential competitor to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is making progress, and one of the year’s biggest eCommerce events sets a...
With the caveat that the project faced challenges and was for the long term, senior officials have noted that progress on the feasibility of a...
Trading platform eToro has acquired crypto portfolio management app Delta in a deal reportedly worth $5 million. “We are excited to announce that Delta will...
A European Union draft document says the European Central Bank (ECB) should contemplate issuing its own digital currency, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Nov. 5). The...
European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure called for strict supervisory principles for digital currencies and stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Oct. 17)....
Retail sales in the U.S. decreased 0.3 percent September 2019, the first such decline in seven months, according to figures released Wednesday (Oct. 16) by...
Sabine Lautenschläger, Germany’s representative on the European Central Bank’s executive board, has resigned over the institution’s changes to its monetary policy. Lautenschläger’s decision to step...