Central Bank Digital Currency Adoption: Inclusive Strategies for Intermediaries and Users

This note argues that successful central bank digital currency adoption hinges not only on technical readiness and operational robustness, but also on strategic policy and design choices that target end-user and intermediary involvement from the outset.
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Volume/Issue: Volume 2024 Issue 005
Publication date: September 2024
ISBN: 9798400289422
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Finance , Money and Monetary Policy , Central bank digital currency , CBDC , Adoption , Intermediaries , Incentives , central bank digital currency adoption , CBDC adoption , IMF Fintech Note 2024/005 , eAUD payment , central bank of Peru , Central Bank digital currencies , Currencies , Payment systems , Digital financial services , Financial inclusion , Global , Africa

Summary

Among the countries that have launched central bank digital currency (CBDC) or are conducting large-scale pilots, adoption remains slow and limited due to various challenges such as lack of public awareness and trust, preference for existing payment methods, and inadequate incentives for intermediaries. Central banks cannot take it for granted that CBDC, once launched, will be adopted and scaled up easily. Forming part of the CBDC Virtual Handbook, this paper aims to encourage policymakers to consider CBDC adoption early on, by arguing that successful CBDC adoption hinges not only on technical readiness and operational robustness, but also on strategic policy and design choices that target end-user and intermediary involvement from the outset. The paper introduces The REDI Framework which outlines various regulatory strategies, education/communication initiatives, design/deployment choices, and incentive mechanisms to prepare for CBDC adoption.