(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is actively participating in the Eurosystem’s exploration of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settling wholesale financial transactions in central bank money. The EIB will be involved in two distinct projects under this initiative, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged DLT, EIB, Eurosystem, Wholesale Financial Settlements, Xavier Leroy
Frankfurt am Main, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ —The financial and sovereign debt crisis has confronted the European monetary union and its member states with major challenges, and has yet to be overcome. Reforms have been carried out and measures taken in many … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Management
Tagged Deutsche Bundesbank, European monetary union, Eurosystem
BRUSSELS, 06-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On 1 January 2015 Lithuania became the 19th member state of the euro area, with euro coins and banknotes entering circulation on the same day. The country joined a number of euro area institutions and euro-related … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Lithuania
Tagged banking union, Donald Tusk, euro area, Euro Summit, European Central Bank, European Stability Mechanism, Eurosystem, Lithuania
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the October 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, … Read the full press release
12-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — As already announced in the issuance calendar for the third quarter of 2013, the Federal Government will issue Treasury discount paper (“Bubills”) with a maturity of 12 months for sale by auction on 22 July 2013. An … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment
Tagged Auction, banks, Bubills, Deutsche Bundesbank, Eurosystem, Federal Republic of Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Treasury discount paper
Frankfurt am Main, 8-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by the Republic of Cyprus and fulfilling all other eligibility criteria shall again constitute eligible collateral for the purposes of Eurosystem credit operations, subject to special haircuts. … Read the full press release
7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has today decided to continue conducting its main refinancing operations (MROs) as fixed rate tender procedures with full allotment for as long as necessary, and at least until … Read the full press release
3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At today’s meeting, which was held in Bratislava, the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions: The interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be decreased by 25 basis … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Slovakia
Tagged ECB, European Central Bank, Eurosystem, interest rate, Monetary policy decisions
Eurosystem introduces Europa Series €5 banknote 2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A new €5 banknote, the first one in the Europa series, started to circulate today in the euro area countries. To mark the occasion, a short event hosted by Jozef Makúch, Governor … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Society, Technology
Tagged banknote, banknote technology, Bratislava, ECB, euro generation children, Europa, Europa Series €5 banknote, Eurosystem, Greek mythology, hologram, Jozef Makúch, Mario Draghi, Národná banka Slovenska, watermark, €5 banknote
24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the April 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, usually at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment
Tagged bank, bank lending, bank lending behaviour, bank lending survey, banks’ funding conditions, credit margins, credit standards, ECB, euro area, European Central Bank, Eurosystem, financial market tensions, Frankfurt am Main, lending, sovereign debt crisis, survey, wholesale funding
Vienna , 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Before the new €5 banknotes of the Europa series start to circulate on 2 May, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) invited experts from several countries to a high-level conference in Vienna … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Society
Tagged banknote equipment manufacturers, banknote security, banknotes, Benoît Cœuré, cash-accepting machines, Catherine Piana, Conference, ECB, Euro, euro area, euro area citizens, euro banknotes, Eurosystem, national central banks, newfaceoftheeuro, OeNB, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, Wolfgang Duchatczek
22-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Eurosystem national central banks (NCBs) have published a new web-based educational game called “ Top Floor – Make your way up!”. The game is aimed at 18-25 year … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Internet & Online
Tagged ECB, educational game, ESCB, euro area, European System of Central Banks, Eurosystem, Frankfurt am Main, game, informative gaming experience, institutional framework, interactive quiz, multiple-choice questions, NCBs, organisation, players, Top Floor – Make your way up!
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