£72,320 - £81,360 yearly
Bank of England
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Location: Leeds or London The Project Area The CBDC Unit is responsible for analysing the opportunities and challenges presented by and developing the design for the digital pound. The Unit's activities include economic analysis, work on functional design, exploration of technology options, and engaging private-sector and international counterparts and running experiments such as the digital pound lab. More information on the Bank's CBDC work can be found at https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/the-digital-pound and the digital pound lab can be found at https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/the-digital-pound/lab In 2025 the focus of the project is on two key activities. The first is completing the digital pound blueprint, which is a document that will distil all the thinking from the design phase in one place. The second is an assessment which will result in the recommendation from the unit as to whether we should progress towards building the digital pound for consideration by...