ECB 'happy' to share digital currency know-how with Japan: top official

Cipollone anticipates broad uptake of digital euro as unified payment solution

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Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board, recently spoke with Nikkei at the ECB's headquarters in Frankfurt. (Photo by Nikkei)

TAKERO MINAMI and CARLA MESSINGER

December 5, 2025 06:24 JST

BERLIN -- As the European Central Bank takes steps toward adopting a digital euro, it "will be more than happy to share know-how and discuss the technology with the Bank of Japan," Piero Cipollone, a member of the ECB's executive board, told Nikkei in an exclusive interview.

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