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ECB Engages Payment Providers for Digital Euro Pilot, Selects XRP and QNT

4 Oct 2026· CLOM Newsroom· CLOM· 1 min readXRPQNTREGULATION

Christine Lagarde and the European Central Bank (ECB) met with payment providers and participants in the digital euro initiative.

Online retailers are being invited to join the 2027 digital euro pilot, with XRP and QNT selected as pioneer partners for programmable conditional payments.

Lagarde also discussed Ripple in the context of fintech and cross-border payments, indicating a shift towards digital currencies in Europe.

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