Digital euro will launch but perhaps later than 2027
Plans for the digital euro see a 2027 launch but the ECB still needs to win support from commercial banks and citizens
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- Worldwide CBDC race
- Infrastructure aims for 2027 launch
- A retail currency
- Limited payment privacy
- Lessons from Nigeria and China
- Uncertain digital euro uptake
- Balancing payment facilitation and bank stability risk
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