• The trainee will be acquainted with digital currencies in terms of concept, operation mechanism, different forms, design models, and different stages of issuance.
• The trainee will understand the importance of digital currencies and the growing interest in them recently.
• The trainee will learn about the potential effects of digital currencies on banks.
• The trainee will learn about the potential effects of digital currencies on overall economic policies

• 1. What are digital currencies? In addition, why is there an increasing interest in them?
• 2. Forms of digital currencies.
• 3. Different objectives of issuing digital currencies.
• 4. The difference between digital currencies and virtual assets (cryptocurrencies).
• 5. Different models for designing digital currencies.
• 6. Practical examples of digital currencies issued by central banks, including those that have been actually issued and those under experimentation.
• 7. Potential effects of digital currencies on individuals.
• 8. Potential effects of digital currencies on banks and financial stability.
• 9. Potential effects of digital currencies on overall econmic policies, most notably monetary policy.

Employees in commercial banks, non-banking financial institutions, and students.