The European Central Bank (ECB) announced the selection of five new partners to support the development of a digital euro prototype. Each of the companies will take on a different role in putting together the prototype. Among them is the tech giant Amazon, which will be responsible for developing e-commerce payments within the project. Spanish bank CaixaBank will develop online peer-to-peer payments for a mobile application, while the French multinational payment service, Worldline, is responsible for the offline version. Point of sale payments from the payer and payee are in the hands of the ECB-backed European ... (full story)