Eurosystem Publishes Comprehensive European Payments Strategy

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:48:26 +0000
Financial Services

The Eurosystem has published a comprehensive payments strategy covering wholesale, business-to-business, retail and cross-border payments. The strategy outlines positions on tokenised settlement assets including tokenised deposits and stablecoins, and has four main strategic aims: maintaining the role of central bank money, enhancing system autonomy and robustness, encouraging integrated and competitive payments, and supporting the international role of the euro. It brings together initiatives including the digital euro, Pontes, Appia and TARGET cross-border payment enhancements into a single framework.