Italian banks have expressed their support for a digital euro, but with one major concern - it may disintermediate commercial banks. The Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI), a trade association for commercial banks in Italy, is calling for compensation for their role in distributing the digital euro. With the users having direct access to central bank money, these banks may get bypassed, leading to a potential dry-up of their funding in the long run. ABI has urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to keep the intermediation role of commercial banks as a fundamental principle when building the CBDC. The digital currency should not compete with existing commercial bank instruments and must enable value-added services, using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The ECB will create a digital euro, but it will be distributed by the standing commercial banks. However, ABI believes that these banks should be incentivized or reimbursed for their role in the digital euro cycle. They would be bearing the high costs related to anti-money laundering checks and dispute settlement, among others. The Association of German Banks also supports this proposal, calling for commercial banks to be compensated appropriately for their role in distributing the digital euro.