The European Central Bank (ECB) is officially bringing blockchain into the European financial system, launching a new payment system to settle central bank money using distributed ledger ...

FRASCATI, Italy (Reuters) - The European Central Bank launched on Friday a new system aimed at letting banks settle payments instantly across Europe, helping them to compete with PayPal and other ...

The ECB’s project foresees two phases of implementation. As soon as feasible, the central bank wants to develop a blockchain-platform that is linked to the existing Target settlement system, it ...