## Cross-Border Payments in the Digital Age

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**Canonical URL:** [Cross-Border Payments in the Digital Age](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2025/cbpct25-19)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 25.19
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: November 17-21, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training Program Overview
- Session No.: CT 25.19
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Date: November 17-21, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Target Audience and Qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - 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.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants should have experience in operations, policy, and/or oversight in one or more of the following areas: payments, legal, technology, monetary policy, foreign exchange management, and financial stability.

### Course Description
- Designed based on the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments and the IMF-World Bank approach to cross-border payments technical assistance.
- Interactive format using a combination of:
  - lectures,
  - case study simulations,
  - group or individual presentations,
  - panel discussions.
- Lectures explore the evolving landscape of cross-border payments in the digital age and focus on how it could be improved.
- Analytical focus areas include:
  - pain points of developing cross-border payments,
  - regional and international initiatives to address those obstacles in the near term including improving access to payment systems, interlinking fast payment systems, and application of AML/CFT rules,
  - data frameworks applicable to cross-border payments,
  - adoption of Legal Entity Identifiers,
  - initiatives such as central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and crypto assets.
- Learning approach:
  - Participants will gain a basic understanding of cross-border payments and the actions underway to address the challenges and apply them in hypothetical case studies.

### Course Objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Understand the ongoing reshaping of cross-border payments in the digital age, including the factors driving the development of cross-border payments.
  - Establish a clear understanding of work underway at regional/ international level to enhance cross-border payments.
  - Analyze the benefits and risks of digital money use in cross-border payments.
  - Discuss practical ways of improving cross-border payments to reach the quantitative Roadmap targets.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2025/cbpct25-19_