The EU wants to reduce its dependence on Visa and Mastercard. A digital euro should be the answer
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Index.hr (Croatia)
Die Zeit (Germany)
13 Aug, 05:52over 13 days26 Aug, 10:41
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Thu, 13 August 2026
1 report- Index.hr (Croatia)05:52first to report
EU RAZVIJA digitalni euro i vlastite platne sustave kako bi smanjila ovisnost o američkim divovima Visi i Mastercardu, jačajući tako svoj financijski suverenitet i smanjujući troškove.
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- Die Zeit (Germany)10:41
URL changednow www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2026-08/wero-european-payments-initiative-digitaler-euro-bundesbank-lutz-lienenkaemper-gxe
Europa will beim Bezahlen unabhängiger von den USA werden. Wero gibt es schon, 2029 soll der digitale Euro kommen. Die Bundesbank warnt nun vor unnötiger Konkurrenz.