In this episode of the Finthropology Podcast we talk with Andrew Slack, who is a Strategic Designer at SICPA, a company based in Switzerland that provides security technologies for governments and central banks, including designing the security features on banknotes.

We talk with Andrew about why governments are turning towards Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), the kinds of design issues that arise depending on the Central Bank’s goals, and how qualitative research can help us understand the people who might use them.

In August Finthropology and SICPA launched two reports on our research on payments in Brazil. You can download them here:

Insights for CBDC Design and Adoption (short report, SICPA website)
Money and Payments in Low Income Brazil (full report, Finthropology website)

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About SICPA

Market leader in security inks and leading provider of secured authentication, identification, traceability and supply chain solutions, SICPA is a long-trusted partner to governments, central banks, high security printers and the currency industry. Every day, governments, companies and millions of citizens rely on its expertise, which combines material-based covert features and digital technologies, to protect the integrity and value of currency, personal identity, value documents, e-government services, as well as products and brands.

www.sicpa.com

Episode 6: Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies with SICPA

FinthropologyBy Erin TaylorNov 01, 2022