Digital Euro Association Partners with Austrian Payment Academy

The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is excited to announce its partnership with the Austrian Payment Academy (APAc), a rapidly growing education and networking platform dedicated to equipping professionals in the payments industry with essential knowledge and insights.

APAc covers a wide range of key topics, including payment infrastructure, card and retail payments, e-commerce, digital payments, marketing, and legal aspects, fostering both education and industry connections.

By partnering with APAc, the DEA will enhance its efforts in digital currency education and collaboration, aligning with its mission to promote research, knowledge sharing, and industry engagement.

This collaboration will focus on key initiatives such as knowledge exchange, networking, joint innovation projects, and fostering dialogue between industry professionals, policymakers, and regulators to help shape the future of digital payments.

Dr. Jonas Gross, Chairman of the Digital Euro Association, expressed enthusiasm about this new partnership. "Austria has a very vibrant digital money and asset community with lots of exciting initiatives, e.g., in the context of wholesale central bank digital currencies and stablecoins. We are thrilled to collaborate with APAc around knowledge exchange and driving education in the space onwards."

Peter Neubauer, Founder of the Austrian Payment Academy, said, “The payments landscape is in constant change, which is an ongoing challenge for people working in this area. To keep abreast with the expertise and knowledge required to master the transformation, especially with the developments in the Digital Currencies and Crypto Money area, we are more than happy to join forces with the experts of the Digital Euro Association. To the benefit of APAc’s ever-growing community of students and partners.”

About the DEA

The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is a think tank specializing in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, crypto assets, and other forms of digital money based in Frankfurt, Germany. In particular, it focuses on the digital euro. It is the DEA's mission to contribute to the public and political discourse through research, education, and by providing a platform and community for policy-makers, technologists, and economists to discuss digital money-related topics. The DEA is committed to independence and excellence, aiming to set the agenda and to shape policy by encouraging new ideas and forward-thinking in the field of digital money. 

About the APAc

Austrian Payment Academy, a.k.a. APAc, is an ambitious and dynamically growing education- and networking platform aspiring to provide people working in payment services with a comprehensive and versatile overview of relevant topics. These include payment infrastructure, card and retail payments, e-commerce, digital payments, marketing, legal aspects, and many other decisive elements of the industry.