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John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

5 min read

Future of Cash in Germany

On 5 February 2025, the Deutsche Bundesbank held its sixth cash symposium in Berlin. Around 120 participants from politics, industry and society attended.

Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

3 min read

In the context of the decline of cash usage in Sweden, the Deputy Governor of Sweden’s Riksbank, Aino Bunge, has emphasised the need for regulation to protect the status of cash at a seminar in Sweden’s parliament.

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John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

3 min read

Conference Update

The High Security Printing (HSP) Latin America conference will take place 9-11 June in Rio de Janeiro. The call for papers is open until 10 March and the early registration discount ends on 16 March. On Monday 9 June there will be a day long workshop dedicated to sustainability.

Events

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

A recent survey has shown that the Israeli public is open to using a Digital Shekel. While 51% of respondents had either a high or intermediate interest in the digital currency, privacy did not rank as particularly important, and interest in the CBDC increased with age.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

4 min read

What’s in a Name?

A new paper by the European Money & Finance Forum (SUERF) examines the importance of words. It examines the words and language used to in current economic and policy discussions of these developments in digital money and payments because their use is causing confusion.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

4 min read

Bringing Secure Offline Functionality to Digital Payments

Lars Hupel, from Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), makes the case for the importance of offline functionality in payments in a new white paper titled ‘Secure Offline Digital Payments’.

Digital CN

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

3 min read

UK Banks Quizzed About Payment Resilience

In the UK at the end of January Barclays Bank had a major IT outage, followed by HSBC, which meant customers could not use their online banking. At the same time Lloyds Bank and NatWest have announced even more bank branch closures and the UK government has confirmed it will not require retailers to accept cash payments.

Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

5 min read

Understanding the Unbanked

Every country has the ‘unbanked’, those without access to the financial system. A paper at the end of last year from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia explored the situation in the US by looking at the biennial Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked between 2015 and 2019. The paper aimed to understand those who are unbanked and how these relationships evolved.

Cash Usage

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

2 min read

How Important is the Singleness of Money?

The singleness of money is that principle that all different forms of money must have the same value at all times and be interchangeable at par and without cost. A criticism of regulators such as the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank of England (BoE) is that stablecoins may undermine the ‘singleness of money’.

Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

3 min read

New White Paper Offers Options to Manage the Cash Cycle Better

A new white paper investigates how cash management is changing and best practice for optimising efficiency, thereby reducing the cost and environmental impact of cash. Written by John Winchcombe of Reconnaissance International (co-publishers of Cash & Payment News™) and Paul Blond of The Blond Group, with help from the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), the paper focuses on what happens to cash once it has been issued, because that is where the majority of the environmental impact of cash occurs.

Cash Management Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

2 min read

A Stronger Industry Voice

The European Intelligent Cash Protection Association (EURICPA), the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) and the European Security Transport Association (ESTA) have announced new three way strategic partnerships aimed at strengthening ATM security, tackling physical attacks on cash machines and cash transportation security.

ATMs

John Winchcombe

28 Feb. 2025

5 min read

Payment News

The Banque de France’s First Deputy Governor, speaking at the Central Bank Payments Conference in Paris in earlier this month, has said that it is addressing the significant changes in the payment system through a regulatory framework that is demanding but innovation friendly and making changes to ensure central bank money remains at the heart of settlement between intermediaries.

News

Patrice Rullier

28 Feb. 2025

2 min read

Dramatic Decline in Physical Attacks Across France

France has witnessed an unprecedented decline in physical attacks by criminals on ATMs, thanks to cutting-edge developments in security technology. Over the past decade, the implementation of Intelligent Banknote Neutralization Systems (IBNS) by Oberthur Cash Protection has played a pivotal role in this transformation.

ATMs

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

NatWest Leads Brainstorm for a Response to Changing Cash

The use of coin dates back over 2,500 years, and in an industry that old, it can be difficult to do anything genuinely ‘new’. Hence the excitement when NatWest hosted what’s believed to be the first ever cash hackathon at their London HQ in late November, with attendees from a range of industries, to innovate on future payment methods, and reimagine the future of cash.

Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

Asia’s Currency Trends

As the global payments landscape evolves, Asia’s currency trends offer invaluable insights into the future of cash and digital payments. This analysis by De La Rue’s Richard Sokl, who also spoke about this at the HSP Asia conference, considers the dynamics of cash’s enduring role, the challenges posed by the digital divide, and how currency strategies are adapting to meet diverse needs.

Cash Usage

David Fagleman

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

Introducing the Universal Access to Payments Index

The first quarter of the 21st century has witnessed a major change in payments across the world. Many payments traditionally made in cash have been replaced by frictionless and convenient options that eventually become widely accepted and change consumer payment behaviour.

Digital Payments

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

2 min read

Pain of Paying Moves to Digital Payments

Research has found that paying with cash is associated with pain and that people tend to spend less using cash rather than a payment card.

Cash Usage

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

Payment News

In a special report 01/2025, ‘Digital payments in the EU’ (European Union), the European Court of Auditors says that EU’s approach to digital payments has helped to make them ‘safer, faster and cheaper for users’.

News

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

OMFIF, in partnership with Giesecke+Devrient, is publishing a report in February exploring the factors contributing to the hesitation about launching a CBDC and what concerns central banks struggle with. In the report’s survey of central banks, 81% of respondents have issued or expect to issue a CBDC at some point, with 47% expecting to issue one within five years.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

News in Brief

The Bundesbank has published the third module of its study into the costs of cash and card payments from the consumer’s point of view.

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Future of Cash in Germany

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What’s in a Name?

Bringing Secure Offline Functionality to Digital Payments

UK Banks Quizzed About Payment Resilience

Understanding the Unbanked

How Important is the Singleness of Money?

New White Paper Offers Options to Manage the Cash Cycle Better

A Stronger Industry Voice

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Dramatic Decline in Physical Attacks Across France

NatWest Leads Brainstorm for a Response to Changing Cash

Asia’s Currency Trends

Introducing the Universal Access to Payments Index

Pain of Paying Moves to Digital Payments

Payment News

CBDC News

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