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European Central Bank selects 36 payment service providers for digital euro pilot

The ECB selected 36 payment service providers for a digital euro pilot starting in 2027, with full readiness targeted for ...
CoinDesk

ECB picks firms including Deutsche Bank, Revolut for digital euro pilot

The pilot will test a beta version of the digital euro for online, offline, in-store, and e-commerce payments using ECB and ...
Euronews

Christine Lagarde's Sintra speech signals a new ECB playbook

Christine Lagarde used the opening of the European Central Bank's annual forum in Sintra on Monday to declare the end of one era in monetary policy. After more than a decade dominated by bond buying, ...
The Guardian

ECB raises eurozone interest rates as Iran war stokes inflation

European Central Bank increases main deposit rate to 2.25%, with two further rises expected by next spring The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 in response ...
The Irish Times

ECB raises interest rates as Ireland’s mortgage holders urged to act now

We have more from Cormac McQuinn who has sent us the response to the hike from Sinn Féin. Its finance spokesman Pearse Doherty said the interest rate hike is “another reason why we need a cost of ...
Euronews

ECB raises interest rates for the first time in three years as Iran war fuels inflation

The European Central Bank has lifted its deposit facility rate by 0.25% to 2.25%, marking a decisive pivot back to tightening as the Iran war pushes eurozone inflation to its highest level in nearly ...
dw

ECB raises interest rate to tackle inflation surge

The European Central Bank has been moving to rein in inflation after a long pause on rate changes. The policy shift is aimed at tamping down prices while raising fresh concerns about growth. The ...
The Irish Times

ECB set to hike interest rates today, and again in September

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to follow up an almost-certain quarter of a percentage point hike to its key interest rates on Thursday, the first in almost two years, by laying the path ...
FXStreet

Economists expect June ECB rate hike as stagflation risk stays high - Reuters poll

A Reuters poll shows that a large majority of economists expect the ECB to raise its deposit rate in June. Expectations for further monetary tightening this year have strengthened compared to the ...
FXStreet

ECB to hike interest rates in June – Reuters poll

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis. GBP/USD builds ...
CNBC

Former ECB President: Macroeconomic situation 'really rather grave'

Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 11:00 CET | 14:00 - 17:00 HK/SG Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the ECB and former governor of the Bank of France, discusses the ECB's latest rate decision as ...
CNBC

Banks eye three ECB rate hikes this year as former Governor says he sees no stagflation — yet

J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Barclays all revised their forecasts on Thursday, anticipating future interest rate hikes. Markets are currently pricing in around a 50% chance of an ECB hike in April, ...