Tagged: mario draghi

April 10, 2025 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

  Eurocrowd, the leading advocacy group for the securities crowdfunding market in Europe, has distributed an email describing the market as “under pressure.” Several years ago, Eurocrowd helped craft the pan-European rules that eliminated national barriers for firms and investors to participate in the sector of… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

The Draghi Report Previously, CI reported that Mario Draghi, formerly the European Central Bank (ECB) president, had hammered the EU on its lack of support for innovation, declaring that Europe is falling behind. The full report, published on the ECB website, states that European “innovation is blocked at… Read More

September 5, 2024 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

In September 2023, Mario Draghi, previously the head of the European Central Bank (ECB), was asked by Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the Commission, to devise a plan to boost economic growth and competitiveness in the European Union. Yesterday, Draghi delivered an address to the European Parliament that… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 2:27 am By Cali Haan  |  

The president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has proscribed Estonia’s plan to issue a state-managed digital currency (or Central Bank Digital Currency – CBDC): “I will comment on the Estonian decision: no member state can introduce its own currency…The currency of the euro… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 7:53 am By Cali Haan  |  

Costs presently outweigh benefits, and so the European Central Bank (ECB), “has no plans to issue a central bank digital currency,” at this time, though it is investigating the matter, says ECB president, Mario Draghi. Draghi made the comments in a September 12th letter responding… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Speaking in Brussels last week, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), addressed the topic of digital currencies. Siegfried Mureşan (PPE), speaking on behalf of Tom Vandenkendelaere who was unable to attend the meeting, posed this question to Draghi regarding the emergence of cryptocurrencies; “Over… Read More

May 31, 2017 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

During a hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, addressed the hot topics of Fintech and Blockchain technology (Distributed Ledger Technology or DLT). In prepared remarks, Draghi spoke about the economic… Read More