The EU’s digital euro ambitions, and Ireland’s role in it, are beginning to take shape three years after the plan was first unveiled. The Central Bank of Ireland will oversee Stripe’s role in the EU’s digital euro pilot and assist in building out the payment systems will power the ambitious plan. Stripe and payments firm SumUp are the only two Irish-based payments services providers (PSPs) that will participate in a pilot programme for the digital euro, coordinated by the European Central Bank, which is developing the digital currency. While the pilot is officially being kicked off by the ECB, it…

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