Your Digital Identity is coming & it's part of the new financial landscape. This episode focuses on retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) = those meant for use in the private sector. Learn how these digital innovations are reshaping your interaction with money, from credit cards to digital wallets. This provides the understanding that leads to the emergence and necessity of digital identities as part of a series designed to enlighten listeners on digital identity and the significant changes within global financial systems. As Judith emphasizes, self-education in these areas grants freedom and independence in rapidly changing times. If new to these concepts, check out previous episodes for foundational knowledge on the new financial world-> Mini Series of 6 episodes The Great Global Financial Shift of 2025 - episodes 20-25 of this podcast

Links connected to this episode:

Retail CBDC Tracker

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/

IMF on Privacy & Data Protection of CDC

https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/digital-payments-and-finance/central-bank-digital-currency/virtual-handbook#chapter9

Iraq launching Digital Dinar to get rid of the USD

https://www.intellinews.com/iraq-ditches-dollar-in-digital-dinar-bid-to-end-parallel-market-371965/

Australia starting project Acacia and CBDC

https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/australia-project-acacia-pilot-use-cases/

Change at Mastercard towards Biometric Identity

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/biometrics-tokenization-to-replace-credit-card-numbers-by-2030

VISA changing the way cards are used towards biometric identity

https://money.usnews.com/credit-cards/articles/visa-to-change-the-way-consumers-use-their-cards

Mastercard Rollout Paper

https://www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/newsroom/press-releases/en/2025/goodbye-card-numbers-hello-smiles-mastercard-sets-vision-to-help-tackle-australia-s-1bn-fraud-problem-by-2030/

VISA PDF documentation on all new products globally and roll out

https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/download/about-visa/visa-rules-public.pdf

VISA Intelligent Commerce sandbox go live CEMEA - economic value of data

https://navigate.visa.com/cemea/trust-and-security/the-future-of-commerce-is-here-and-its-ai-powered/

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