Canada Moves Away From Retail CBDC, Shifts Focus to Broader Payments

Particularly because the Bank also said it would “continue to monitor global retail CBDC developments and publish some related research,” there would “be further opportunities for Canadians to provide input on a potential digital dollar,” and that all the research done so far would be “invaluable if, at some point in the future, Canadians … decide they want or need a digital Canadian dollar.”