The digital euro has been touted as the EU's best chance at breaking its dependence on US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Digitaal geld: Europese regeringen en het Europees Parlement leken het eens over de komst van de digitale euro, die „belangrijk voor de strategische autonomie van de EU” wordt…

The European Parliament and EU governments are entering the final phase of negotiations on the digital euro. The most sensitive issues include how fees will be shared and how…