European Central Bank (ECB)

333 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 19 Dec 2024

ECB unveils new EUR50 note

In the age of digital money, the European Central Bank is stressing its commitment to cash through the launch of a new EUR50 note.

ECB goes to tender for new TMS

The European Central Bank has gone to tender for a new real-time position-keeping/treasury management system.

ECB kills off EUR500 note

Today the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) concluded a review of the denominational structure of the Europa series. It has decided to permanently stop producing the €500 banknote and to exclude it from the Europa series, taking into account concerns that this banknote could facilitate illicit activities.

ECB investigates use of distributed ledger but warns of far-reaching consequences

The European Central Bank is looking into the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for the Eurosystem's market infrastructure but is wary of the far-reaching consequences for the role of central bank money, says executive board member Yves Mersch.

Swift role in Target2 up for grabs; ECB ponders blockchain prospects

Interbank payments network Swift may lose its status as the sole network supplier to the European Central Bank's Target2 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) platform as the Eurosystem enters consultation on the future for payments and settlement across the eurozone.

European Central Bank selects Sia and Colt’s network infrastructure to connect to T2S

The European Central Bank has selected Sia, in partnership with Colt, for its connection to Target2-Securities (T2S), the new centralised European platform for the settlement of domestic and cross-border securities transactions.

ECB eyes up European P2P payments

The European Central Bank is working with a steering committee of major European banks on plans to develop a person-to-person mobile payment network for funds transfers across the Eurozone.

Croatia joins Target2

The Eurosystem will welcome Hrvatska narodna banka (central bank of Croatia) and its national user community to the real-time gross settlement system TARGET2 on 1 February 2016

ECB goes back to drawing board to draft new T2S timetable

The European Central Bank has once again revised the timetable for central securities depositories migrating to the harmonised clearing and settlement platform T2S in the wake of hold ups at the bloc's two largest groups Euroclear and Clearstream.

ECB posits combination of Target2 and T2S on single platform

The European Central Bank is contemplating a merger of the Target2 real-time gross payment system with the T2S securities settlement mechanism, providing a single platform for the processing of cash and securities across the Eurosystem.

Tradeweb wins ECB contracts

Tradeweb Markets, the leading global marketplace for electronic fixed income, derivatives and ETF trading, announced it has been awarded two contracts to supply its electronic trading platform (ETP) to the European Central Bank (ECB).

Card fraud rises across Europe - ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has reported an eight percent increase in fraud among cards issued or acquired within the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) for 2013.