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Unpacking Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Implementation Challenges and Risks


Kwami Ahiabenu, Global Centre for FinTech Innovations, Canada


abstract 

This chapter outlines the risks and challenges involved in implementing central bank digital currency (CBDC). Interest in CBDC is currently growing, with a number of central banks paying it serious consideration, and a number of countries are implementing or piloting CBDC. Although CBDC holds a great deal of promise, its implementation is not without difficulty. This chapter highlights the major implementation issues, such as CBDC contributing to financial exclusion, technology risks, CBDC’s inability to work in an offline environment, lack of privacy, and confidential consideration, since anonymity is difficult to achieve. The chapter concludes by highlighting the need to deploy CBDC with greater attention paid to societal, economic, and political factors instead of a purely technocratic approach.


Read more at https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/chapter/full-text-html/319798


To cite : 

MLA

Ahiabenu, Kwami. "Unpacking Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Implementation Challenges and Risks." Exploring the Dark Side of FinTech and Implications of Monetary Policy, edited by Sheraz Ahmed, et al., IGI Global, 2023, pp. 207-231. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6381-9.ch010

APA

Ahiabenu, K. (2023). Unpacking Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Implementation Challenges and Risks. In S. Ahmed, J. Addae, & K. Ofori (Eds.), Exploring the Dark Side of FinTech and Implications of Monetary Policy (pp. 207-231). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6381-9.ch010

Chicago

Ahiabenu, Kwami. "Unpacking Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Implementation Challenges and Risks." In Exploring the Dark Side of FinTech and Implications of Monetary Policy, edited by Sheraz Ahmed, John Agyekum Addae, and Kwame Simpe Ofori, 207-231. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6381-9.ch010

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