Instant payments
ECB in no hurry with new structural operations – Välimäki
Portfolio will first need to be reduced ‘considerably’, says bank's alternate board member
India to set up remittance link with Bahrain
Bilateral corridor will facilitate instant payments by Gulf kingdom’s large Indian community
ECB to tilt future QE to shorter-term bonds – Schnabel
Collateralised lending to play key role in Eurosystem asset composition
Why Europe cannot afford to delay the digital euro
CBDC would counter the erosion of sovereignty as cash recedes, substitution by foreign digital monies and weaponisation of access, argue Biagio Bossone and Céu Pereira
Bank of Italy develops cross-border payments solution
Researchers say their approach enables instant cross-currency international transfers
Lagarde revives pitch for euro’s international role
Single currency can become ‘true source of strength’, ECB president says
European states announce improvements in payment systems
Denmark opts for back-ups, Sweden goes offline, Balkan states choose Sepa while Austria ups security
ECB’s Evelien Witlox on design choices for the digital euro
The digital euro’s program director speaks about holding limits, waterfall arrangements, programmability, blockchain usage and offline ‘secure elements’ for cash-like exchanges
ECB and SNB explore linking payment systems
Feasibility study will run through 2026, central banks say
Competitiveness, not regs, led to Poland’s RTGS upgrade – expert
Central bank aims to maintain payments “edge” with ISO 20022-compatible Sorbnet 3 system
Nexus’s new CEO on the future of the cross-border payments platform
Nexus Global Payments CEO Andrew McCormack discusses the multi-lateral instant payments system’s technical build-out, governance and launch strategy
EEA non-banks to gain direct Target access from October 6
Fintechs to benefit from reaching beyond Sepa, Lithuanian central bank says
Barbados to launch instant payment system
Central bank says ‘revolutionary moment’ in country’s financial history will take place next March
Montenegro to limit Sepa charges and extend RTGS times
Central bank says caps on fees will save its citizens €13.9 million a year
Boris Vujčić on Croatia’s economic journey, the digital euro and the Governing Council
The Croatian National Bank (HNB) governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about managing financial risks, the pros and cons of euro adoption, payment system reform and the use of real-time data
The future of money
Central banks may require more flexible inflation targets and facilitate wider payments interoperability to maintain trust and the ‘singleness’ of money. By Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput
Payments Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdowns shed light on organisation structure, RTGS upgrades and payments innovation
Instant payment system adoption grows 16.5% year on year
Most central banks either have a system or plan to launch one
Russia’s neighbours work to enable digital offline payments
Central banks in Nordic and Baltic countries prepare back-up plans in event of major internet outages
Bank of Finland makes renewed case for instant payments system
Solution would strengthen national security, bank says
BIS, ECB, BoE develop synchronised cross-border FX transactions
BIS says Project Meridian FX reduces liquidity, credit and settlement risk