Technology, Regulation, and the Divergent Trajectories of Retail and Cross-Border Central Bank Digital Currency
A Scopus bibliometric search conducted on 8 October 2026 retrieved 1,418 records, from which 1,045 were retained for critical analysis.
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A Scopus bibliometric search conducted on 8 October 2026 retrieved 1,418 records, from which 1,045 were retained for critical analysis.
Over 90 percent of surveyed central banks are engaged in some form of CBDC work, with more than half involved in experiments or pilot projects.
The framework analyzes cross-border retail CBDC payments across 5 core elements: access, communication, currency conversion, compliance, and settlement.
Financial inclusion is a top priority, with about 60 percent of emerging and low-income countries considering it one of their top three motivations for issuing a retail CBDC.