(CercleFinance.com) – Worldline announced this morning that it has been selected by the European Central Bank (ECB) to create a prototype user interface dedicated to the digital euro.
More concretely, Worldline was selected for the realization of the specific use case ‘offline peer-to-peer payments’ of the digital euro focused on payments between individuals.
The prototyping exercises aim to test the ability of the technology used for the digital euro to integrate into the various use cases.
The prototyping exercise is an important component of the ongoing two-year exploratory phase of the digital euro project. This exercise should end during the first quarter of 2023.
Worldline wishes to take ‘an active part’ in the evolution of the payments industry by contributing to strategic and transformative projects such as the digital euro.