ECB expands blockchain push, bringing central bank money to tokenised finance
The ECB has launched Pontes, the first initiative under the Eurosystem’s strategic programme to make central bank money fit for a tokenised future...
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Will the AI boom face a market correction? ECB report warns of risks
European households have about 440 billion euro of exposure to US technology stocks, raising financial stability risks if AI-driven optimism reverses...
Endgame for Commerzbank? UniCredit secures 47.6% of shares of its German counterpart
UniCredit could still struggle to advance its takeover project, due to a united opposition from the Friedrich Merz government, unions, and Commerzbank itself...
Commerzbank maintains defiant stance, urges stakeholders to ward off UniCredit
In a letter, CEO Bettina Orlopp told the shareholders that UniCredit's offer wasn't high enough and the Italian bank had not presented any 'sound plan'...
With parliamentary nod, digital euro inches closer to reality
The digital euro, as an electronic wallet guaranteed by the ECB but marketed by banks, will allow eurozone residents to make payments both online and in person...
Bund yields near 15-year high as investors remain cautious
Talking about Bund yields, Germany’s 10-year government bond yield, the euro area’s benchmark, dropped 0.5 basis points to 3.01%...
Start-up of the Week: Feedzai lands major role in ECB’s digital currency
Feedzai is on a mission: to make the world a safer place for commerce, one transaction at a time...
Talks of ECB rate cut gather further strength as Eurozone inflation remains steady
Closely watched services inflation has eased to 3.7%, after remaining stagnant at 4% since the year's beginning...
Greece is putting debt crisis behind
2017 looks set to provide the necessary springboard for sustainable economic growth and renewed optimism...
Decoupling Eurozone and US interest rates using unconventional monetary policy
In continental Europe, interest rates tend to swing with their US and UK counterparts only up to 2013 Benoit Mojon Interest rates tend to move together. In Figure 1, we report interest rates on Treasury bonds of five-year maturity for the Eurozone member states that have the best ratings, and for the US, the UK,...