Cuneo conference on the digital euro of 31 October 2026
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The Cuneo conference on the digital euro of 31 October 2026 is the first Piedmontese meeting dedicated to the European public digital currency, organised by Confindustria Cuneo (the Cuneo branch of Italy's employers' association). Representatives of European institutions, the banking system, academic research and businesses took part, discussing the costs, fraud security and benefits of the new payment instrument for companies [1][2].
Organisation and themes
The discussion was organised and introduced by Elena Boretto, Confindustria Cuneo's chief financial and administrative officer, who said that training and raising awareness locally was one of the initiative's goals [1]. In his opening remarks, Confindustria Cuneo's vice-president Bartolomeo Salomone linked dependence on non-European payment networks to the European Central Bank's digital euro project [1][2]. The meeting was moderated by Fabrizio Goria, a journalist with La Stampa, who framed the subject as a matter of strategic autonomy and monetary sovereignty [1].
The speeches
Jacopo Fracassi, a researcher at the Politecnico di Milano's Innovative Payments Observatory, distinguished between cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and central bank digital currencies, explaining that the digital euro is money issued and guaranteed by the central bank, transferred over a new digital infrastructure [1][2].
Member of the European Parliament Giovanni Crosetto, a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, addressed the relationship between the digital euro and the stability of the banking system, arguing that the new currency must remain a means of exchange rather than a store of value, and discussed the cap on the amounts that can be held in the digital wallet, designed to prevent an excessive shift of deposits away from current accounts. Crosetto said the project is not meant to replace cash, but to offer an alternative to payment systems run by non-European private operators [1][2].
Alessandra Greco, senior advisor for Confindustria's Credit and Finance area, clarified that the pilot scheme presented at the meeting concerns merchants receiving payments from consumers, and does not yet cover transactions between businesses or with public administration, stressing the need to avoid excessive compliance burdens for smaller companies [1].
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Sources
- Euro digitale: a Cuneo il confronto su costi, sicurezza e vantaggi per le imprese — IdeaWebTv, 31 October 2026
- Euro digitale: a Cuneo il confronto su costi, sicurezza e vantaggi per le imprese — Cuneo24, 2 November 2026