A major concern in the design of a future digital euro (see EUROPE B13717A15), the possibility of making offline payments is becoming clearer. On Thursday 2 October, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the conclusion of a classification framework agreement for the development, implementation and partial operation of such a function.
Following a negotiated public procurement procedure (PRO-009494 Digital Euro Offline Solution), a pan-European cooperation was selected as the...