
EU Ministers Urge Merchants to Embrace Digital Euro Payments
Merchants in the euro area may soon be required to accept the digital euro as legal tender, according to a recent development in the world of finance. The move is said to be in response to the increasing demand for a cashless payment system, which has been fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal, which was presented to finance ministers in a paper seen by CoinDesk, suggests that giving the central bank digital currency (CBDC) the same status as banknotes and coins would mean payments legally discharge obligations to pay. The paper goes on to state that with mandatory acceptance