美国跨国科技公司亚马逊已被欧洲中央银行 (ECB) 与其他四家公司选中，共同协助开发用于数字欧元的用户界面。
作为世界上最具影响力的经济和文化力量之一，亚马逊将帮助建立专注于电子商务支付的界面。
欧洲央行还与 Caixabank 和 Wordline 合作，这两家公司都将处理点对点在线支付。与此同时，Nexi 和 EPI 的任务是专注于由付款人发起的销售点支付。
图片：路透社亚马逊负责电子商务接口
ECB 强调，他们采用的原型设计旨在确定数字欧元技术与公司开发的原型的集成程度。
所有五家公司都是从由 54 家服务提供商组成的池中选出的，欧洲央行选择了最适合特定能力的公司。
该金融机构表示，这一步骤是数字货币项目正在进行的为期两年的“调查阶段”不可或缺的一部分，该项目预计将在 2023 年第一季度取得成果，届时他们还将公布他们的调查结果。
欧洲央行解释说，在这次演习中，将使用亚马逊和其他四家公司开发的前端原型启动模拟交易。这些交易将在 EuroSystem 的界面和后端基础设施中进行处理。
中央银行澄清说，与亚马逊合作的本次演习所涉及的原型将不再用于数字欧元项目的下一阶段。
欧洲央行认真对待数字欧元
去年 6 月，欧洲央行启动了数字欧元项目。几个月后，启动了以零售中央银行数字货币 (CBDC) 为重点的为期两年的评估阶段，欧盟委员会随后公布了在 2023 年推出数字欧元法案的计划。
随着其官员暗示未来几年可能推出数字欧元，欧洲央行最终可能成为首批拥有并发行其法定货币数字版本的发达经济体中央银行之一。
欧洲央行以其不愿分享与数字欧元有关的调查结果细节而闻名，尽管它透露了一些模糊的信息，例如该项目的目标推出年份。
欧洲央行行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德 (Christine Lagarde) 在 2 月份表示，数字欧元不会取代现金，而是对其进行补充。
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