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What’s up with cash?

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Are we really watching cash disappear, or is that just what people on TikTok say?

In this episode of What the Euro?!, our host Catherine digs into the real story behind cash. To find out everything you need to know, she speaks to experts about how we’re using it, why it matters, why it’ll stay and what’s changing with new banknote designs and the digital euro.

The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.

Current banknotes

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/current/html/index.en.html

Access to and acceptance of cash

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/cash_strategy/acceptance-cash/html/index.en.html

Future banknotes

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/index.en.html

Digital euro

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html

ECB Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/europeancentralbank/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC86Apr-wwM

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Insights on general approach of Appia and how to be involved | Focus Session

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Insights on general approach of Appia and how to be involved | Focus Session – Appia Roadmap for shaping the European tokenised financial ecosystem.

The Eurosystem is committed to continue its collaboration with the market as Appia advances. Learn more about the general approach of Appia and the building blocks that will be developed, how public and market stakeholders will support and advance analytical and practical work and how work on relevant standardisation activities in this field will be supported. Find out how you can provide feedback and express your interest in contributing to the forthcoming work on Appia.

Paul Gardin, Market Infrastructure Expert, ECB
Gergely Koczan, Team Lead, ECB

#ECBFocusSession #MarketInfrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__wXYCyF6Cc

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Welcome address | Focus Session

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Welcome address | Focus Session – Appia Roadmap for shaping the European tokenised financial ecosystem.

Explore the Eurosystem’s programme on tokenised wholesale central bank money that is paving the way for a future-ready, integrated financial ecosystem leveraging tokenisation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) and how it shapes the development of a European tokenised financial ecosystem. Learn more about how this strategic initiative brings together the Eurosystem as well as public and private sector stakeholders, with the aim of building integrated, innovative and resilient tokenised wholesale financial markets in Europe.

Thomas Vlassopoulos, Director General, ECB

#ECBFocusSession #MarketInfrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5FNwW_TPzA

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Overview on Appia roadmap | Focus Session

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Overview on Appia roadmap | Focus Session – Appia Roadmap for shaping the European tokenised financial ecosystem.

The Appia roadmap sets out how the Eurosystem will shape the development of a European tokenised financial ecosystem. Gain insights on the objectives for pursuing this roadmap, the design principles and the timeline for this journey.

Holger Neuhaus, Head of Division, ECB

#ECBFocusSession #MarketInfrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5iJpftRpw0

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Martin Wolf Lecture – The Crisis of the Liberal World Order

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

The liberal order is dying. This has brought us into an era of revolutionary transformation. Since the end of World War II, the global order has transitioned from the onset to the end of the Cold War, through the so-called "unipolar" moment to the current collapse of US liberal hegemony. Now, global power is moving decisively from the West toward the east and especially to China. Meanwhile, the institutions of the old world – from the WTO to NATO – are being rendered irrelevant or torn apart by a rising tide of nationalism. Faced with this revolutionary transformation and an internal backlash against liberal cooperation, Europe confronts a stark choice: unify or be dismantled. To navigate this new era, European actors must abandon outworn attachments and construct new partnerships, while remaining anchored in their core values.

Martin Wolf is Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFfRCcYso-c

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Q&A and open forum – International Women’s Day 2026

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Q&A and open forum – International Women’s Day 2026

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"Closing the gender gap in financial literacy".

Building on last year’s success, the ECB event to mark International Women’s Day 2026 stresses the importance of closing the gender gap in financial literacy.

The event brings together policymakers and educators to showcase progress on the five commitments agreed last year, to highlight achievements and to call for further coordinated action across the Eurosystem.

In conversation, President Lagarde and high-level guests discuss the importance of financial literacy from the perspective of central banks, banking supervision authorities and European institutions, and will focus on closing the gender gap through harmonised efforts across Europe.

Find the full programme here:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260302_intl_womens_day.sv.html

Further information here:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb-and-you/financial_literacy_europe/The-gender-gap-in-financial-literacy/html/index.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxzxgQAZhww