ECB Publishes Report on Possible Digital Euro, Official Says Bank Must Be Ready for CBDC

October 2, 2020 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois |

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), says the bank must be ready to issue a digital euro, according to a statement issued today. Meanwhile, a separate report from Bloomberg claims the ECB has already applied to trademark the name “digital euro” as… Read More

Major European Financial Organizations Introduce Cybercrime Information Sharing Program to Combat Cyberattacks

February 28, 2020 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi |

Reserve banks, clearinghouses, global stock exchanges, payment processing service providers and law enforcement organizations based in Europe have teamed up in order to introduce a cybercrime information-sharing program. The goal of the project, called Cyber Information and Intelligence Sharing Initiative (CIISI-EU), is to protect the… Read More