Central Bank Digital Currency – Designing, Deploying, and Governing CBDCs for Financial Stability, Inclusion, and Sovereign Innovation (C140-I)

This course teaches you how to design and implement Central Bank Digital Currencies that support financial inclusion, resilience, and sovereign control. You’ll gain: CBDC Foundations Understand retail vs. wholesale CBDCs, token vs. account models, and interoperability frameworks Learn global benchmarks: BIS Innovation Hub, IMF, World Bank, and SDG 8 & 9 Explore monetary sovereignty, financial inclusion, and digital trust Design & Deployment Define CBDC strategy, architecture, and stakeholder mapping Manage identity systems, wallets, offline access, and cross-border functionality Coordinate with regulators, fintechs, telcos, and payment networks Monitoring & Impact Track adoption, transaction volume, and financial stability indicators Build dashboards, pilot evaluations, and policy simulations Support ESG disclosures, inclusion metrics, and macroeconomic modeling Integration & Governance Align CBDC programs with AML/KYC, data protection, and monetary policy frameworks Embed transparency, privacy safeguards, and anti-surveillance principles Monitor compliance, risk, and international interoperability Tools & Platforms Use platforms like Project Sand Dollar, eNaira, DCash, and BIS mBridge Automate onboarding, transaction monitoring, and policy reporting Monitor dashboards, alerts, and CBDC performance metrics Strategic Impact Improve payment efficiency, inclusion, and monetary control Reduce cash dependency, transaction costs, and financial exclusion Support ESG goals, sovereign innovation, and digital transformation