ECB outlines T+1 settlement and tokenised finance plan for Europe

ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Europe will move to next-day securities settlement on 11 October 2027, while the Eurosystem expands tokenised-asset settlement in central bank money through its Pontes platform, with 24/7 availability planned for 2028. The Eurosystem is also developing Appia, a blueprint for an integrated European tokenised finance ecosystem, alongside preparations for a digital euro. The programme shows financial infrastructure being standardised and centralised under common European authority, and it is a structural step toward the integrated, digitally managed economic system that Revelation 13:16-17 portrays, though it is not itself a fulfilment.