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LATEST: 25 banks join plan to launch Euro stablecoin

ABN AMRO logo is seen at the headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands May 14, 2019. Picture taken May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

By Elizabeth Howcroft and Jesús Aguado

SOME 25 more banks, including lenders ‌ABN Amro and Sabadell, have joined a European consortium planning to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin later this year, the group said.

The consortium – which set up an Amsterdam-based company called Qivalis ​last year – now has 37 financial institutions as members, including ING, BNP ​Paribas and BBVA  from 15 countries.

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