Europe considers a digital currency as it strives to counter U.S. and China's tech dominance
Publishing timestamp: 2023-02-16 03:53:15
Summary
The European Central Bank is working on a digital currency to protect the region from tensions with China and the United States. Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Alipay and UnionPay are the top global companies for payments, but none of them are European. European officials have been discussing the need to be more autonomous and less reliant on other parts of the world for several years. The ECB is worried that the euro zone will end up in a geopolitical and economic sandwich position between the big tech companies of the US and the payment systems of China without a digital euro. The ECB is also trying to avoid a situation in which China becomes the sole determinant of payments on the Digital Silk Road. The goal of ensuring sovereignty or power of the EU is the main driver for the digital euro.
Sentiment: NEUTRAL
Tickers: @GE.1, .STOXX, V, MA, PYPL,
Keywords: business news, europe news, christine lagarde, european central bank, stoxx 600, china, euro-dollar (mar'23), currency markets, mastercard inc, politics, euro, visa inc, digital currency, paypal holdings inc,