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The EU Member States and the European Parliament have reached agreement on a ‘COVID passport’ aimed at opening up travel again within the European Union. As of 1 July, travellers will be able to provide a QR-code as proof that they have either been vaccinated against COVID-19, have tested negative or have recently been infected with the v...

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Over the last five years, most payment innovations have focused on improving cus...

A much-discussed (and much-hyped) topic among central banks is the issuing of currency in a digitalised form: a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). It is claimed that CBDCs could have a significant impact on the payment infrastructure and ecosystem because they could change the rules of the game. However, the various existing CBDC imple...

Seit Mai letzten Jahres ist bekannt, dass die deutschen Banken und Sparkassen unter dem Titel #DK an einer Zusammenführung der nationalen Paymentverfahren giropay, Paydirekt, Girocard und kwitt unter einer Marke und UX arbeiten. Nun haben sich 16 bedeutende Banken der Eurozone in der European Payments Initiative (EPI) zusammengeschlossen,...