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Growing digitalisation has spread to every corner of our lives and transformed how we pay.
A digital euro would be an electronic form of central bank money accessible to all citizens and firms – like banknotes, but in a digital form – to make their daily payments in a fast, easy and secure way. It would complement cash, which will continue to be issued, not replace it.
The Eurosystem has published the first progress report on digital euro preparation phase.