European Central Bank

36 payment service providers from across the euro area have been selected for the digital euro pilot. Starting in the second half of 2027, the 12-month exercise to test the digital euro’s features will take place at the ECB and 19 national central banks link.europa.eu/Kkw7Pv

Executive Board member @Isabel_Schnabel: How to foster growth and resilience in Europe (slides) ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date…

The digital euro will provide a simple way to pay across the euro area in all situations, including offline, Executive Board member Piero Cipollone tells @JNegocios. It will also strengthen our strategic autonomy and make payments more resilient ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/da…

Chinese e-commerce platforms have become increasingly popular in the euro area. An ECB survey shows that shoppers are attracted by low prices and a wide product range. However, concerns about quality, trust and environmental consequences deter non-users link.europa.eu/xCRrfd

The ECB is upgrading its economic modelling to cope with growing uncertainty in a time of war and energy shocks. This ECB Blog highlights the limitations of the current toolkit and looks at where modelling is now heading link.europa.eu/7GqWvj

Live from 08:15 CET: Vice-President Boris Vujčić participates in a panel at the 30th Annual @Economist_SEUR Government Roundtable, where he discusses the European economy, its capital markets and the outlook for long-term growth. Tune in here youtube.com/watch?v=dFajgH…

🟢 The @Europarl_EN has adopted its position on the legislation to preserve the role of euro cash while complementing it with a digital euro, giving the green light to negotiations among EU co-legislators. 👉 Read how we interact with the various stakeholders link.europa.eu/P3RQqK

Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB on 10-11 June 2026 ecb.europa.eu/press/accounts…

Our Governing Council has called on national policymakers to maintain the banking system’s current resilience. Reforms should remove barriers to European integration and competitiveness while preserving financial stability ecb.europa.eu/press/govcstat…

The ECB is now addressing potential financial losses linked to climate-related uncertainties in its collateral framework. New climate factors incorporate assets' vulnerability to transition shocks into collateral valuations link.europa.eu/JNYqWG

We’ve asked banks to submit cybersecurity action plans by 31 October. Cyber risks have long been a priority for us as banking supervisors. But with frontier AI models advancing at pace, it is more vital than ever that banks strengthen their defences bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/letterst…

What does AI mean for your job, our economy and Europe’s future? In this episode, Stefania Secola talks to @RonnieChatterji – Chief Economist at @OpenAI – about AI adoption, competition and whether the technology can become a force for broad-based prosperity pod.link/ecbpodcast/epi…

European banking supervision reforms are starting to deliver tangible benefits, write Sharon Donnery and Patrick Amis in The Supervision Blog. We’re streamlining stress testing, reporting templates, on-site inspections, supervisory guidance and more bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/blog/202…

Tune in: Chief Economist Philip R. Lane joins @GitaGopinath and @timsvengali on the @cepr_org VoxTalks podcast. They discuss global imbalances, AI, bond markets, European fiscal sustainability and the challenges of non-bank data gaps cepr.org/multimedia/add… @voxeu

It’s important that savers can trust banks to keep their money safe, Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch tells the @BankaSlovenije podcast.   A European deposit insurance scheme would ensure people’s savings are protected equally across Europe.   Listen bsi.si/en/media/posts…

How did euro area bank interest rates evolve in May? How do they compare with April’s figures? Find out more in the press release ecb.europa.eu/press/stats/mf…

Read the interview ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/da…

Raising interest rates in June was the right choice, President Christine @Lagarde tells @LesEchos. We are facing an external supply shock spreading through the economy, whose indirect effects are already visible. We are closely monitoring the risk of second-round effects on inflation.

Executive Board member Piero Cipollone: The digital transformation of money, payments and finance (slides) link.europa.eu/QXW3vm

Executive Board member Piero Cipollone sat down with @elisaapiazza from @ClassCNBC to discuss the digital euro. Watch the interview (in Italian) video.milanofinanza.it/video/cipollon…