European banks led by BNP, ING push ahead on euro stablecoin plan
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-02 09:54By Elizabeth Howcroft and Jesús Aguado PARIS/MADRID, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A group of 10 European banks, including ING, UniCredit and BNP Paribas, have formed a company to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in the second half of 2026, in a move they hope will counter U.S. dominance in digital payments. The CEO of the Amsterdam-based company, named Qivalis, will be Jan-Oliver Sell, who was previously the CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase's German business, and has also worked for Binance. Former NatWest chair Ho ...