A foreign media report citing an internal ECB presentation says the bank aims to issue a digital euro in H2 2029 that can be used at all euro-area online merchants, a subset of physical retailers, and for person-to-person transfers. The presentation says in-store payments and P2P transfers should support both online and offline transactions at launch; in-store acceptance was not part of earlier initial rollout plans.

2026-10-09

A foreign media report citing an internal ECB presentation says the bank aims to issue a digital euro in H2 2029 that can be used at all euro-area online merchants, a subset of physical retailers, and for person-to-person transfers. The presentation says in-store payments and P2P transfers should support both online and offline transactions at launch; in-store acceptance was not part of earlier initial rollout plans.