European Central Bank

“just 0.2% of online sellers and approximately 1% of shops with a physical presence accept crypto payments, stablecoins included.”

“A survey of 8,205 consumer-facing companies across the euro area found...”

“The survey, conducted across all 21 euro area countries...”

“Among companies with a physical point of sale, 92% accept cash and 88% accept cards.”

“For online sellers, 82% take cards and 74% accept credit transfers.”

“Acceptance of mobile payment methods at physical locations leapt from 36% in 2024 to 68% in 2026. That is a 32 percentage point gain in two years.”

“cards accounting for 56% of all cashless transactions in the first half of 2024, according to ECB data, amounting to more than 40 billion transactions.”

“Germany's Girocard, formerly the EC card, holds more than 70% of the domestic card market”

“French national systems account for nearly 80% of card transactions.”

“The ECB left its deposit facility rate at 2.5%, exactly as markets expected.”

“Inflation projections were little changed, with headline HICP still seen averaging 2.1% in 2026, just above the 2% target.”

“The ECB's own models, published in the June 2025 Financial Stability Review, show a politically induced Fed credibility shock could add 30-50 basis points to euro-area sovereign spreads.”

“corporate profits drove two-thirds of inflation”

“The European Central Bank lowered its deposit rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 2.25% on Thursday, the third cut this year and the seventh since the tightening cycle peaked at 4% in Septembe…”

“The European Central Bank kept its deposit rate at 2.15% in July, pausing after eight cuts in nine months while inflation sits at target and a 30% US tariff threat hangs over eurozone exports.”

“The ECB said most measures of underlying inflation now suggest price pressures will 'settle at around the 2% medium-term target on a sustained basis'.”

“the central bank cut its deposit rate from 3% to 2.75% in early February”

“The European Central Bank lifted its benchmark deposit rate by a quarter point for the first time since September 2023”

“Deposit rate moves to 2.25%”

“April inflation surging to 3%”

“raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years”

“increasing the rate by 0.5 percentage points”

“A European Central Bank working paper found Europe's 2022 heatwave added 0.67 percentage points to European food inflation.”