Retail central bank digital currency

(Retail CBDC).

A CBDC is a digital currency issued and administered by a central bank.

A retail CBDC is one that can be accessed and used by the public.

Contrasted with wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) that can only be accessed by financial institutions.

See also

• Blockchain
• Britcoin
• Central bank
• Central bank digital currency
• Currency
• Digital currency
• Distributed ledger
• Money
• Multi-CBDC arrangement
• Sand Dollar
• Sovereignty
• Stablecoin
• Wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC)

External links

• New forms of digital money - Bank of England - June 2021

• Central bank digital currencies - Bank of England

• Bank of International Settlements, Central Bank Digital Currency

• ACT Webinar, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Overview of the Bank of England's Work, March 2021]