An audience poll found most still unconvinced carbon is primarily a financial risk, even as European regulators fine banks for carbon shortcomings. Measurement of Scope 3 emissions remains too imprecise for chief financial officers to price with confidence, so capital is shifting toward business-specific projects instead. Data quality remains an issue in carbon pricing tout court, but this should not be treated by companies as an excuse for inaction. A chief financial office

Stablecoins are not booming and CBDCs are not dead, especially in Europe where the ECB is pressing ahead with plans for a digital euro in 2028. Different uses-cases will rely on different forms of tokenised money and the private sector is building the necessary infrastructure. Corporates are drivers of change in payments and cash management and may be pioneering the disintermediation of the banks.

The ECB will accept as collateral for credit tokenised versions of securities and other assets it accepts already The tokenised assets eligible as collateral will initially be non-native only but native assets will become ECB-eligible in future The extension of ECB eligibility to tokenised securities is an opportunity for national and international CSDs with tokenisation platforms The European Central Bank ( ECB ) says it will accept tokenised versions of eligible assets as c