European Central Bank (ECB)

333 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 19 Dec 2024

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EBAday 2022: EU wrestles with digital euro privacy concerns in targeted consultation

Publishing its ‘Targeted consultation on a digital euro’ on the 5th of April, the European Commission outlined that it would need to establish laws across privacy and AML should the Union decide to issue a digital euro.

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ECB publishes report on payment preferences as part of digital euro investigation phase

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the findings of commissioned research on citizens’ payment habits and their attitudes towards digital payments in order to gain a deeper understanding of user preferences as part of the digital euro project.

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EU ACHs complete migration to target Instant Payment Settlement

The migration of European automated clearing houses (ACHs) from TARGET2 to the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) system has been successfully completed.

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Banks must get better at disclosing climate risks - ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published an updated assessment of the progress European banks have made on disclosing climate and environmental risks as set out in the ECB’s November 2020 guide.

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ECB lifts banks' capital requirement on concerns over credit risk and governance

The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published the results of its Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) for 2021.

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ECB warns banks of possible Russian cyberattack

With the Ukraine crisis brewing, the European Central Bank is talking to financial institutions about a possible Russian-sponsored cyberattack, according to Reuters.

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ECB to run climate risk stress test

The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a supervisory climate risk stress test to assess how prepared banks are for dealing with financial and economic shocks stemming from global warming.

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ECB draws up action plan to address IT outages that plagued payment systems in 2020

The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published an action plan to address the recommendations of an independent review mandated by the ECB’s Governing Council in November 2020, following the five major incidents that affected TARGET2 and TARGET2 Securities in 2020.

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Automated clearing houses connect to TIPS

A first group of automated clearing houses (ACHs) have successfully moved their technical accounts from TARGET2 to the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) system.

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ECB to redesign euro banknotes by 2024

The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to redesign euro banknotes, working with European citizens in a process that is expected to lead to a final decision in 2024.

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User testing begins for new T2 system

Prospective users of the forthcoming large-value payment system T2 can start testing the functionalities of the system as of 1 December.

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ECB extends oversight of electronic payments to digital wallets and crypto-assets

The European Central Bank has approved a new oversight framework for electronic payments which will include coverage of stablecoins and other crypto-assets.