Digital Euro Association Joins Forces with KPMG

The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is pleased to announce a partnership with KPMG, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, to advance research, policy dialogue, and industry best practices around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and digital-money ecosystem across Europe.

As governments, financial institutions, and technology providers rapidly explore next-generation forms of money, the partnership brings together the Digital Euro Association’s thought leadership in digital currencies with KPMG’s deep expertise in audit, tax, regulatory strategy, and digital-asset advisory. The collaboration will focus on knowledge sharing and the development of best practices for digital money adoption, aiming to foster sustainable growth, innovation, and trust across the evolving digital financial ecosystem.

“Partnering with KPMG strengthens our ability to connect the relevant stakeholders, such as regulators, corporates, and associations, and drive education as well as provide practical recommendations to policy-makers,” said Dr. Jonas Gross, Chairman of the Digital Euro Association. “KPMG’s global perspective and proven advisory capabilities will support us in our mission to shape the digital money space”

“At KPMG Financial Services, we see the introduction of regulated digital money as a pivotal step toward shaping the future of finance,” said Jens Siebert, Partner at KPMG Germany. “From wholesale CBDCs and stablecoins to CBMT and a digital retail euro – each form within the digital money ecosystem serves a unique purpose, with distinct use cases and user groups.”

“Money on DLT not only drives efficiency but also unlocks innovation potential across banking and industry. With its commitment to developing CBDCs, the ECB is further strengthening European digital sovereignty. As part of this evolving ecosystem, KPMG is proud to support this transformation and to contribute even more actively through our participation in the Digital Euro Accelerator (DEA).”

The initiative underscores a shared commitment to ensuring that Europe’s monetary and payments landscape remains globally competitive while safeguarding consumer protection, financial stability, and fosters innovation.

About the Digital Euro Association (DEA)

The Digital Euro Association is a leading voice on digital money, upholding and advancing fundamental civil rights and furthering the public good. The DEA is committed to fostering education, research, and collaboration in digital currencies while providing a platform for policymakers, technologists, and economists to discuss the future of digital money. As an independent organization, the DEA plays a crucial role in advancing public and political discourse in the digital currency sector in Europe.

About KPMG

KPMG is an organization of independent member firms with more than 273,000 employees in 143 countries and territories. KPMG is also one of the leading auditing and advisory firms in Germany and has over 14,000 employees at 30 locations. Our services are divided into the Audit, Tax and Advisory divisions. Audit focuses on the auditing of consolidated and annual financial statements. Tax stands for KPMG's tax advisory activities. The Advisory division is divided into the areas of Consulting, Deal Advisory and Performance & Strategy and bundles our high level of expertise in business, regulatory and transaction-oriented topics. Our advisory services also include legal services, which are provided by the legally independent commercial law firm KPMG Law.