Security, Privacy and Regulatory Governance in Digital Payments. A Systematic Review and Cross-Architecture Framework for PIX, Blockchain, and Central Bank Digital Currencies
This study employs a systematic review and the proposed Digital Payment Governance Framework (DPGF) to compare the security, privacy, and regulatory compliance trade-offs among PIX, public blockchains, and CBDCs, ultimately identifying hybrid architectures with selective disclosure as the optimal direction for next-generation payment governance.