By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone on Wednesday said the Eurosystem plans to launch its Pontes service for settling tokenized transactions in central bank money this year, with 24/7 operation and multi-currency capability envisaged by mid-2028.
26 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank's review of its operational framework is moving into a more active phase, with technical work now under way and the issue set to return to the Governing Council in the months ahead.
26 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said further monetary policy tightening would be necessary, with the prolonged Middle East conflict and unexpectedly resilient economic activity resulting in upside inflation risks.
26 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – ING Group’s German unit ING-DiBa on Tuesday priced a €1 billion five-year green mortgage covered bond (Hypothekenpfandbrief).
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German state of Berlin on Tuesday priced a 10-year €1.25 billion senior unsecured state Treasury note (Landesschatzanweisung).
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £4 billion of the 4⅛% Treasury Gilt 2033.
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday allotted €3.828 billion of its reopened 2.70% Federal Treasury note (Schatz) due September 13, 2028.
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, OeBFA, on Tuesday allotted €2.5 billion of a green Austrian Treasury bill (ATB) maturing on November 26, 2026.
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Three months after we argued that the remarkable stability of the field of plausible candidates to succeed European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde was increasingly good news for former De Nederlandsche Bank President Klaas Knot, strikingly little has changed in this respect.
25 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German grid operator TenneT Germany on Tuesday priced €2.6 billion of dual-tranche green hybrid bonds in its inaugural European Green Bond (EuGB) hybrid transaction.
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the euro area's permanent rescue fund, on Tuesday raised $2 billion in a new five-year bond transaction.
25 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany's Federal Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Monday allotted a total of €4.635 billion across two reopened Bubills.
24 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German lender Commerzbank on Monday priced a €1 billion mortgage covered bond.
24 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.089 billion across four fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs).
24 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German bank Bayerische Landesbank on Monday priced a €750 million covered bond.
24 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Finland-based bank Nordea on Monday priced CHF200 million of senior preferred green bonds.
24 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Monday sold €3.011 billion of three linear bonds (OLOs).
24 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's reported declaration that she is "ready to serve" as the next president of the World Economic Forum adds weight to the long-running case for her leaving Frankfurt before her term expires at the end of October 2027.
24 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A further 25bp European Central Bank interest rate hike in September looks increasingly likely, with unexpectedly resilient economic activity leaving little obvious reason for policymakers to confound longstanding market expectations – embedded as well in the baseline outlook – of further tightening.
24 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Monday that monetary policy should be “well calibrated,” as raising interest rates in response to a supply shock could weigh on economic growth, adding that inflation was currently consistent with the ECB’s baseline scenario.
24 August 2026 | Central Bank News