Author: DigitalEuroNews

The 18 November Cloudflare outage disrupted digital banks, crypto exchanges and payment apps worldwide, raising urgent questions about resilience and vendor risk across fintech.

The Trump Organization and Dar Global announced a luxury Maldives resort planned for 2028 that aims to be the first hotel development financed via tokenisation, opening new avenues for real-estate investment.

Bulgaria is set to join the euro area in 2026, marking a major step toward deeper European integration and completing years of supervisory and monetary alignment.

A new draft report from the European Parliament’s ECON committee strengthens rules to guarantee cash acceptance and access, amid Europe’s shift toward digital payments.

Italian banks back the ECB’s digital euro project but seek a slower rollout to manage costs and limit risks to traditional deposits.

Leading fintech associations are urging the European Central Bank to open its digital euro sandbox to non-bank providers to foster innovation and competition.

The European Payments Council’s latest study finds that fintechs will be key enablers of the digital euro, powering real-time transactions and cross-border interoperability.

As the ECB advances its digital euro project, European fintechs are racing to ensure technical readiness for the upcoming wholesale and retail integration phases.

With legislation advancing and technical tests underway, the digital euro is moving closer to reality — but questions remain about timing, trust, and the future of European money.

Between 2024 and 2025, Europe’s banking industry intensified its lobbying around the digital euro, seeking safeguards to prevent disruption to the financial system.