ECB recruits Merchants as Digital Euro moves towards real-world payments
What's happening
The European Central Bank has launched a call for expression of interest inviting e-commerce and mobile commerce merchants across the euro area to join its digital euro pilot. The invitation frames the pilot as a chance for merchants to collaborate with the ECB and euro area national central banks, gain firsthand experience of a simulated digital euro ecosystem, and help shape the payments design ahead of a planned 2029 launch. This move brings merchants into testing as the project advances toward real-world payments scenarios.
Why it's trending
The ECB has moved from backend tests to merchant-facing pilots as it prepares for a potential 2029 rollout.
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If you run e-commerce or mobile commerce in the euro area, the ECB just handed you a seat at the digital euro table, and a chance to influence checkout design before 2029.
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- ECB Invites Merchants to Help Shape Digital Euro
The European Central Bank (ECB) has called for online and mobile merchants to participate in a digital euro pilot, it said in a Tuesday (Sept. 15) press release. The pilot presents an opportunity for merchants to collaborate with the ECB and euro area national central banks, gain firsthand experience of a simulated digital euro ecosystem […] The post ECB Invites Merchants to Help Shape Digit
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Payments Industry IntelligenceSep 15 - Merchants next in line for digital euro testing
Merchants are next to join the ECB’s digital euro testing programme ahead of its planned 2029 launch. The European Central Bank (ECB) has invited mobile commerce and e-commerce merchants to join the digital euro pilot. Described as a unique opportunity for merchants to work with the central bank and “help shape the future of digital […]
Payment ExpertSep 15 - ECB calls on merchants to join digital euro pilot scheme
The European Central Bank has launched a call for expression of interest inviting e-commerce and mobile commerce merchants operating in the euro area to take part in the digital euro pilot.
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