ECB Calls on Euro Area E-Commerce and Mobile Merchants for 12-Month Digital Euro Pilot: how 13 outlets framed it - NewsCord

ECB invites euro-area online and mobile merchants to join 12-month digital euro pilot starting H2 2027. Pilot tests beta digital euro payments across online, mobile, in-store, and peer-to-peer. 6 of 8 outlets skipped it: pilot participation is voluntary and unpaid . CoinDesk foregrounds merchant incentives, while the ECB stresses the pilot is voluntary and unpaid. The European Central Bank has called on e-commerce and mobile-commerce merchants in the euro area to join a 12-month digital euro pilot beginning in the second half of 2027, with the ECB targeting possible issuance in 2029 subject to EU legislation and a separate decision by its Governing Council.