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Europe's central bank moves toward introducing digital euro

by AP Business Writer
| October 2, 2020 6:27 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With consumers increasingly using cashless ways to buy things, the European Central Bank on Friday took a step closer to issuing a digital version of the euro currency shared by 19 countries, saying it had to be ready to launch digital money if a changing world requires it.

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