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Lands­bankinn a share­hold­er in euro stable­coin is­suer

20 May 2026

Landsbankinn has become a shareholder in Qivalis, a company owned by 37 leading financial institutions from 15 European countries, thereby participating in the development of a euro-denominated stablecoin for the European financial market.

A stablecoin is a digital asset issued in the form of a cryptocurrency and pegged to the value of a traditional fiat currency. The solution being developed by Qivalis will be fully backed by reserve assets corresponding to each issued digital token. One digital euro will always equal one euro. The stablecoin will be supervised by the Dutch Central Bank. All shareholders hold equal ownership stakes and the collaboration strengthens the ability of European financial institutions to issue euro-denominated digital assets.

Lilja Björk Einarsdóttir, bankastjóri Landsbankans segir: „Með þátttöku sinni verður Landsbankinn hluti af víðtæku samstarfi leiðandi evrópskra banka sem miðar að því að þróa framtíðarinnviði fjármálakerfisins með áherslu á öryggi, gagnsæi og skilvirkni í stafrænum greiðslum. Það er mikilvægt fyrir Landsbankann að móta og nýta þær tækninýjungar sem við teljum að geti einfaldað viðskiptavinum lífið.“

Markmið verkefnisins er að byggja upp örugga, evrópska innviði fyrir stafrænar greiðslur og uppgjör sem samræmast regluverki Evrópusambandsins, þar á meðal MiCA-regluverkinu um markaði fyrir sýndareignir.

Qivalis var stofnað árið 2025 og hefur aðsetur í Amsterdam. Verkefnið er nú í leyfisferli hjá hollenska seðlabankanum og er stefnt að því að lausnin verði tilbúin á síðari hluta árs 2026. Landsbankinn gerist nú hluthafi með þátttöku í hlutafjáraukningu félagsins. Meðal annarra þátttakenda í samstarfinu eru ABN AMRO, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Nordea, Rabobank, SEB, Swedbank, Danske Bank og UniCredit.

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