CBDC Broadcast #28 rCBDC Adoption Consumers, Merchants, and Intermediaries

Guests Natsuki Tsuda and Tayo Koonprasert discuss the challenges associated with retail CBDCs and the critical factors that must be considered to ensure their success. The session follows Natsuki and Tayo’s recent contribution to the IMF’s CBDC Virtual Handbook as we explore how strategic policy decisions and engaging intermediaries and end-users are key to addressing issues such as trust, public awareness and preference for existing payment methods. We also look at the recently introduced REDI Framework and how the regulatory strategies, educational initiatives, design, and deployment choices it outlines help pave the way towards CBDC adoption.