The European Central Bank secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday for the launch of a digital euro, an electronic means of payments aimed at making the eurozone less reliant on US credit cards at a time of fraying transatlantic relationships.

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to United States payment systems like Visa and Mastercard, as well as Apple Pay…

The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to U.S. payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to…

The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to…