{"id":177204,"date":"2023-10-19T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=177204"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T11:03:38","slug":"finland-works-on-instant-payments-system-embraces-digital-euro-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/finland-works-on-instant-payments-system-embraces-digital-euro-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland works on instant payments system, embraces digital euro &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-3d3be88a=\"\">\n<p>Bank of Finland (BOF) is coordinating the creation of a Finnish instant payment solution compatible with European standards. BOF board member and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) Tuomas V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki made the announcement on Oct. 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki revealed that the Bank of Finland is actively promoting the development of new forms of payment. The official called the digital euro \u201cthe most topical project\u201d in the European payment sector:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe possible introduction of a digital euro would give consumers the option of paying with central bank money wherever electronic payment is accepted.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki, the Bank of Finland and the European Payments Council are also involved in creating a Finnish instant payment solution. This payment solution will be based on credit transfer and not depend on payment card rails.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Related: <\/u><\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/international-financial-group-finds-gaps-digital-euro-legislative\"><strong><em>International financial group finds gaps in digital euro legislative package<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February 2023, Finnish company Membrane Finance released a fully reserved stablecoin <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/euro-stablecoin-launched-in-finland-claims-to-be-first-approved-in-the-eu\">backed by the euro<\/a>. Membrane Finance CEO Juha Viitala expressed hope that the regulated EUROe coin would encourage more Europeans to grow their wealth through <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/defi-101\/defi-a-comprehensive-guide-to-decentralized-finance\">decentralized finance (DeFi)<\/a> applications.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the governing council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ecb-preparation-phase-digital-euro\">beginning of the \u201dpreparation phase\u201d<\/a> for the digital euro project. The preparation phase will last two years and focus on finalizing rules for the digital currency as well as selecting possible issuers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Magazine: <\/u><\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/ethereum-restaking-blockchain-dangerous\/\"><strong><em>Ethereum restaking. Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards?<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of Finland (BOF) is coordinating the creation of a Finnish instant payment solution compatible with European standards. BOF board member and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) Tuomas V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki made the announcement on Oct. 19.\u00a0 V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki revealed that the Bank of Finland is actively promoting the development of new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-177204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177207,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177204\/revisions\/177207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}