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European Central Bank’s Panetta Discusses Stablecoin Merits

by CBDC Insider
November 5, 2020
in Business, Europe
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European Central Bank’s Panetta Discusses Stablecoin Merits
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European Central Bank (ECB) member Fabio Panetta discussed the pros and cons of the digital currency known as stablecoins in a Wednesday (Nov. 4) speech at Il Salone dei Pagamenti (Payments Fair) 2020.

Panetta, a member of the ECB’s executive board, said in his speech that the payments industry is in the midst of a quickly-developing digital transformation. He pointed to a recent survey conducted by the European System of Central Banks that indicated that one-third of the more than 200 new payment solutions reported were startups. The annual conference runs Nov. 4-6 and is being held virtually this year.

“We can now pay with cards that are stored in our mobile wallets, ready for a transaction to be initiated at the touch of a button,” he said, adding that new solutions are integrating application programming interfaces (APIs), giving people more choice than ever before.

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He credits FinTechs for sparking the recent innovations and disrupting the business model to advance a data-driven approach over one based on fees. The shift enables free services in exchange for users’ personal information.

“The global technology firms — the so-called big techs — are using this model to leverage their large customer base and expand in global markets,” he said. “Thanks to their global footprint, they are uniquely positioned to offer services in the area of global cross-border transactions, where current solutions are low quality and expensive.”

He added, “This is the backdrop against which stablecoins have emerged.”

Read more: https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2020/european-central-banks-panetta-discusses-stablecoin-merits/

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