Inside Peru’s central bank digital currency
Peru’s central bank is quietly running one of the world’s most distinctive digital currency pilots. Milton Vega explains how the project treats CBDCs as a public policy experiment in inclusion.
Milton Vega
Milton Vega is the deputy manager of payments and financial infrastructures at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. He has previously served as the institution’s deputy manager of currency analysis and programming and as head of financial system assessment. He played a pivotal role in the enactment of Peru’s Payment and Securities Settlement Systems Law and the Electronic Money Law.