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  "title": "Cross-Border Payments in the Digital Age",
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  "summary": "Back to top Qualifications Participants should have experience in the operations and/or oversight in one or more of the following areas: payments, legal, technology, monetary policy, foreign exchange management, and financial stability.",
  "publishDate": "2025-10-14",
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      "heading": "Training Program Overview",
      "content": "- Session No.: CT 24.05\n- Location: Shenzhen, China\n- Date: May 13-17, 2024 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Target audience:\n  - Mid- to senior-level officials working in the payment, legal, technology, monetary policy, foreign exchange management, and financial stability departments at the central bank and in positions with similar responsibilities.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants should have experience in the operations and/or oversight in one or more of the following areas: payments, legal, technology, monetary policy, foreign exchange management, and financial stability."
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      "heading": "Course Description and Learning Approach",
      "content": "- Design basis:\n  - The course is designed based on the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments and the IMF-World Bank approach to cross-border payments technical assistance presented by the Monetary and Capital Markets Department.\n- Instructional methods:\n  - Interactive format using a combination of lectures, case study simulations, and group or individual presentations.\n- Learning objectives:\n  - Provide a basic understanding of cross-border payments and the actions underway to address their challenges.\n  - Enable participants to apply concepts in hypothetical case studies."
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      "heading": "Key Thematic Areas and Analytical Focus",
      "content": "- Near-term obstacles and solutions examined:\n  - Pain points of developing cross-border payments.\n  - Regional and international initiatives to address obstacles in the near term, including:\n    - Improving access to payment systems.\n    - Interlinking fast payment systems.\n    - Expanding and aligning operating hours.\n- Long-term initiatives analyzed:\n  - Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).\n  - Crypto Assets.\n- Expected participant outcomes:\n  - Analysis of the evolving landscape of cross-border payments in the digital age.\n  - Understanding of how cross-border payments could be improved through policy, operational, and technological measures."
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