ECB × ECPC, Nexo Standards & Berlin Group — Digital Euro Open Standards Partnership

The European Central Bank signed formal partnership agreements with ECPC, Nexo Standards and the Berlin Group — Europe’s three main payment standards bodies — to ensure the digital euro uses open, existing standards compatible with current payment infrastructure. Gives EU-licensed PSPs and merchants the regulatory certainty needed to invest in digital euro-ready infrastructure ahead of a potential 2029 issuance.