{"id":842771,"date":"2023-05-02T17:04:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insight&#038;p=890673"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:24:15","slug":"building-central-bank-digital-currency","status":"publish","type":"research-and-insight","link":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/be-en\/insights\/research-library\/building-central-bank-digital-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Central Bank Digital Currency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-hero-reusable header heroReusable  \"><div class=\"header-bgs\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=70 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=70 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1500px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=1440&amp;quality=70 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=70 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=70 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=70 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=768&amp;quality=70 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg?w=768&amp;quality=70 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/central-bank-digital-currency-growth.jpg\" class=\"header-img header-img-d\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 80%\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"heroPictureCardHeaderShape\"><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"box\"><div class=\"boxTagWrapper\"><div class=\"tagInfo\"><div><span class=\"box-tag\">Innovation<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"box-title\"><h1 data-maxlength=\"34\">Building central bank digital currency<\/h1><\/div><h2 class=\"reasearchInsightTitle\">Growth opportunities ahead for central and commercial banks<\/h2><div class=\"inner-row-insight download-btn\"><div class=\"col-md-4 downloadFiles addPadding\"><a class=\"button-download--small\" type=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/be-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/CBDC-Growth.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><span>Download the report<\/span><span class=\"type\">1 MB  pdf<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-group undefined section section--article-content\"><div class=\"article-main-content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-1\"><nav class=\"article-social\"><ul class=\"social-nav\"><li class=\"ip-order-fb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insight&amp;p=890673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-fb\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insight&amp;p=890673&amp;text=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-tw\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insight&amp;p=890673&amp;text=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-li\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10\"><div class=\"article-text article-quote-text\">\n<p>Despite the crypto winter, central bank digital currency (CBDC) development and experimentation continues to gain momentum. The design and implementation of CBDC around the globe has implications for retail, commercial, and central banks in terms of strategy, business models, organizational structure, and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although CBDC currently generates broad public &#8211; and private &#8211; sector attention, attempts to digitize fiat money to transfer value or to pay for goods and services are not new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-distinguishes-cbdc-today-is-momentum\"><strong>What distinguishes CBDC today is momentum:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Digital currency ecosystems have benefited from the mass adoption of digitalization during and after the COVID-19 pandemic; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As its infrastructure and technology mature, governments, individuals, and private companies are working together to innovate and develop CBDC policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be that we are closer than ever to a world in which CBDC is built, fully launched, and gains real traction in the marketplace \u2013 and as a result helps to reshape the global banking industry and how it operates. But CBDC critics and naysayers also abound: even in the near term, future developments in central bank digital currency are difficult to predict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The continuing CBDC journey bears attention and is one worth following. 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