Pertinent questions from market players and consumers will keep rising and, as central bankers, it is our duty to reflect on them, and provide meaningful answers. Ensuring strong privacy safeguards while meeting financial compliance rules, who will be able to access sensitive CBDC payments data and for what purpose, are some of the questions which we currently face and need concrete answers to.
My call to all participants is to make the most of this opportunity for interacting with peers, sharing experiences and working together to devise the best possible approach for the elaboration and roll out of CBDCs. Before I end, I would like to reiterate the need for close collaboration between participants, stakeholders and the public in general.