Europe is quietly waging a war for control over its $24 trillion payments market—a market currently dominated by Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Alipay. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde recently emphasized the need for Europe to develop its own digital payment infrastructure, warning that nearly all Europe
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