I-European Central Bank (ECB) ifuna abathengisi be-inthanethi nabeselula ukuze babambe iqhaza ekuhlolweni kwenyanga engu-12 kwe-digital euro okucishe kuqale engxenyeni yesibili ka-2027. 

Ngomhla ngoLwesibili, i-ECB ithe abathengisi be-e-commerce kanye ne-mobile-commerce abasebenza endaweni ye-euro bangase bafake isicelo kuze kube ngomhlaka-27 Okt. Amabhizinisi akhethiwe azovula izinkokhelo ze-beta zedijithali ye-euro ezindaweni zentengiselwano ezikude futhi ahlole ukuthi imali ingangena kanjani ezinqubweni zokukhokha. 

Lolu vivinyo luzohlola ulwazi lomsebenzisi, ukusebenza kwezobuchwepheshe nezinqubo zokusebenza ze-digital euro. I-ECB ithe inguqulo ye-beta izobe isondele emalini echazwe kumbhalo-mthetho wokuqala kodwa ngeke ibe nesimo senkokhelo esemthethweni. 

Ngokusho kwe-ECB, ukubamba iqhaza kuzoba ngokuzithandela futhi kungakhokhelwa, kanti abafake izicelo bazoqunywa ngokufinyelela kwabo emakethe, ukulungela ukusebenza kanye nokufaneleka. Abaphumelele nabo kumele basungule noma balungise ubudlelwano nomhlinzeki wesevisi yokukhokha obamba iqhaza. 

NgoJulayi, i-ECB yakhethe abahlinzeki bezinsizakalo zokukhokha abangama-36 kwabangu-50+ abafake izicelo. Leli qembu lihlanganisa iRevolut, Stripe, Deutsche Bank ne-UniCredit, kanti abahlanganyeli babelwe ukusekela ukufinyelela kwabashbenzisi, ukwamukelwa ngabathengisi noma kokubili. 

I-ECB ithe impendulo evela kubathengisi izosetshenziselwa ukwakha izinqumo zokuklama. Isinqumo sokugcina ngokukhishwa kwe-euro yedijithali sizokwenziwa kuphela ngemuva kokuthi kuthathwe umthetho ofanele we-EU.