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Inclusion by Design: Crafting a Central Bank Digital Currency to Reach All Americans

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One motivation for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is financial inclusion—bringing unbanked Americans into the payments system. To meet this goal, a CBDC would have to be designed to meet the specific needs of the diverse unbanked population.

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  • Jesse Leigh Maniff, 2020. "Inclusion by Design: Crafting a Central Bank Digital Currency to Reach All Americans," Payments System Research Briefing, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, pages 1-5, December.
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    1. Jesse Leigh Maniff & W. Blake Marsh, 2017. "Banking on Distributed Ledger Technology: Can It Help Banks Address Financial Inclusion?," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Q III, pages 53-77.
    2. Jesse Leigh Maniff & Paul Wong, 2020. "Comparing Means of Payment: What Role for a Central Bank Digital Currency?," FEDS Notes 2020-08-13-2, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    3. Fumiko Hayashi, 2016. "Access to Electronic Payments Systems by Unbanked Consumers," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Q III, pages 51-76.
    4. Ying Lei Toh & Thao Tran, 2020. "How the COVID-19 Pandemic May Reshape the Digital Payments Landscape," Payments System Research Briefing, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, pages 1-10, June.
    5. Jesse Leigh Maniff, 2020. "Motives Matter: Examining Potential Tension in Central Bank Digital Currency Designs," Payments System Research Briefing, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, pages 1-4, July.
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    1. Fumiko Hayashi & Aditi Routh & Ying Lei Toh, 2023. "Which Types of Unbanked Households Are More (or Less) Likely to Open a Bank Account?," Research Working Paper RWP 23-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
    2. Sebastian Infante & Kyungmin Kim & Anna Orlik & André F. Silva & Robert J. Tetlow, 2022. "The Macroeconomic Implications of CBDC: A Review of the Literature," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2022-076, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

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    Keywords

    Payments; Central Bank Digital Currency; Financial inclusion; Unbanked;
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    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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