New financial technology

Cash or digital euro? A check of the parties

"The beginning of the end of cash" or the beginning of "a more democratic and fairer economic order"? The parties have different points of view when it comes to new financial technologies, from Bitcoin to the digital euro.(Bild: ©peterschreiber.media - stock.adobe.com)

6.3 million Austrians will vote for a new parliament on September 29 - and thus set a new course not only in the "analog" world. For the parties, the World Wide Web is no longer uncharted territory, but a virtual space that they want to shape. Krone+ reveals the digital plans of domestic politics so that you can go to the ballot box informed.

The financial system has changed considerably in recent years - better networked banks, completely new financial technologies such as NFTs, crypto investors alternately in a profit frenzy and in a valley of tears, and more recently official experiments by central banks with a digital euro. It's easy to lose track, and fintech solutions are still uncharted territory for politicians too. This makes the positions of the Austrian political parties on topics such as the digital euro, Bitcoin speculation and regulation or even a "right to cash" all the more interesting for those interested. Krone+ has asked around for you.