ATMIA Berlin Conference Highlights

This year the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) ran its European and Emerging Markets event as a roadshow with one meeting in Madrid and another in Berlin in the same week at the start of June. We report here on three presentations from the conference – an overview of Germany, a report from the European Commission on progress with the Legal Tender Cash Regulation, and a detailed report from Piraeus Bank about what is happening to cash in Greece.

Cash in Germany: access and acceptance

Dr Jelena Stapf, Head of Department of the Directorate, General Cash Management at the Deutsche Bundesbank, kicked off with a striking early phrase that the central bank is ‘not just selling a product but selling an idea.’