It has come to the attention of the publisher that in the article by Pham A., Tran H. (2025), “A barrier, not a bridge: why Global Brand Presence hinders CBDC adoption plans in an emerging economy”, Journal of Economics and Development, Vol. 27 No. 4, pp. 278-292, https://doi.org/10.1108/JED-08-2025-0443, an incorrect acknowledgement and funding information was included.In the acknowledgements, the statement “The first author gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Banking Academy of Vietnam.” and the funding, “Funding: This work was supported by Banking Academy of Vietnam.” were published in error.The publisher asks that the above are entered correctly on submission and confirmed at the article proofing stage.