Italy Pushes to Make Digital Euro Payments Under €10 Nearly Fee-Free

Italy wants digital euro payments under €10 to cost merchants next to nothing, putting small businesses at the center of Europe’s debate over how the new digital currency should work.The proposal would cap merchant service charges at €0.02 for low-value transactions, with negotiators also considering a model that would effectively bring those fees down to zero.The push comes as European lawmakers work through legislation for the digital euro, a central bank digital currency desig