European Central Bank (ECB)
Payment fraud rose to €4.2bn in 2024, say ECB and EBA
Users, not providers, took ‘substantial’ share of related losses, report finds
People: October to December 2025
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Supervision must be evidence-based, says ECB’s Buch
Hasty changes could risk loosening oversight and harm financial resilience, supervisory chief warns
The prospects for retail CBDCs
Open instant payments systems offer a quicker route to financial deepening, for now
Eurozone bank uncompetitiveness a ‘myth’ – Schnabel
Regulations have made lenders better, says ECB board member
Digital euro could reopen e-krona debate for Riksbank – Bunge
Swedish central bank to fully move to eurozone settlement system by 2030
ECB reminds Italian lawmaker: monetary financing by gold is illegal
European Central Bank says budget amendment’s purpose is “not clear”
Insurers make disasters worse for eurozone governments – ECB study
Resulting sell-offs of short-term debt push up sovereign borrowing costs, research finds
ECB in no hurry with new structural operations – Välimäki
Portfolio will first need to be reduced ‘considerably’, says bank's alternate board member
Cryptogeddon: a user’s guide for central banks
How might monetary authorities react if a digital asset crash destabilised the financial system?
CNB digital asset portfolio is about real learning, says Michl
Governor says bank is not looking to simulate reality but ‘touch it’ with experimental bitcoin holding
Lagarde says talk of AI bubble misses ‘bigger picture’
ECB president, a former AI sceptic, now believes not embracing it could ‘jeopardise Europe’s future’
ECB moves to link Tips with India’s UPI and Nexus
Connection with Nexus still hinges on ECB exploring potential ‘feasibility’
€25K handouts would not affect labour market – ECB paper
Stimulus packages are effective in raising consumption, researchers argue
ECB’s Elderson welcomes debate on simplification
Vice-chair of supervisory board points to expanding proportionality and cutting capital stacks
Confusion reigns over EU multi-issuance stablecoins regs
EBA seeking clarification from EC over assets’ legality after ECB’s and ESRB’s calls for ban
People: Bostic to step down from Atlanta Fed
Plus new appointments in Botswana, Estonia, Slovakia, Singapore and at BIS
ECB planning to use law to make Apple give way on digital euro
Bank looking to use Digital Markets Act to enable people to hold CBDC on iPhones’ ‘secure element’
ECB finds holes in banks’ credit spread risk nets
Banks censured for insufficient evidence to support exclusion of products from CSRBB perimeter
Support for euro hits ‘record highs’ – ECB
Previously sceptical countries have grown to like shared currency, research suggests
ECB fines Spanish bank for not complying with climate rules
Supervisor imposes first-ever financial penalty over environmental prudential requirements