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The EU will launch the digital euro as a 100% European digital payments system to replace reliance on Visa, Mastercard, and Apple and Google Pay, with the European Central Bank issuing a digital form of cash. It will be built entirely in Europe, have zero transaction fees, instant payments, and strong privacy, giving the EU full control over its payments infrastructure.

https://www.independent.ie/business/digital-euro-what-it-is-and-how-we-will-use-the-new-form-of-cash/a165973061.html

(https://archive.ph/ERzTA)

Digital euro: what it is and how we will use the new form of cash

It’s January 1, 2029, the first day of the digital euro. You are in a shop buying milk and bread, and decide to pay with this new money. How exactly will it work?

Irish Independent

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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE Dec 29

@eunews pw;dr

Have Visa, Mastercard, etc, launched their lawsuits yet?

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Paul Brownjohn

@TimWardCam @eunews

Sue for what - fair competition?

Americans make me laugh!

When they are shamelessly exploiting a monopoly or oligopoly they scream from the rooftops how they love the market and free enterprise, but the moment anyone actually comes into the market to end their crass exploitation, they start screaming blue murder about unfair competition.