Nexi exec says group interested in digital euro, no formal talks with ECB


FILE PHOTO The logo of Italian payments group Nexi is pictured inside their headquarters in Milan Italy March 28 2019. REUTERSAlessandro GarofaloFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Italian payments group Nexi is pictured inside their headquarters in Milan, Italy, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo

MILAN (Reuters) - Nexi is interested in working on a digital version of the euro, but there are no formal talks with the European Central Bank (ECB), the Italian payment group's corporate and external affairs director Saverio Tridico said on Friday.

Nexi CEO Paolo Bertoluzzo was quoted by CNBC as saying on Wednesday that the company was "contributing to the design" of the ECB's proposed digital currency.

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