• ECB selecting banks that want to take part in pilot phase

  • ECB setup costs to reach around 1.3 bln euros, Cipollone says

  • Banks to pocket fees, won’t have to pay system costs to ECB

  • Merchants will also have an incentive in terms of cap on fees

  • deHaga@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    It’s not going to cost them net anything though. 4b to setup and then fees for as long as the currency lasts…so they’ll recoup all their costs and then it’ll be free money