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John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

6 min read

Cash Usage Holding Up in the Eurosystem

The headlines in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2024 study on the payment attitudes of consumers in the euro area (SPACE) paint an interesting picture for cash payments, both alone and relative to other payment instruments.

Cash Usage

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

5 min read

Cash Management Companies – Part of the Solution?

60 people met in Jakarta at the end of September last year for a summit by the Asian Cash Management Association (ACMA). They came from a range of stakeholders across cash cycles in the region, including central banks, Cash Management Companies (CMCs) and commercial banks.

Cash in Circulation

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

4 min read

UK Cash Industry Environmental ‘Wins’

Members of the UK’s Cash Industry Environmental Charter (CIEC) Group have shared best practice and worked together since 2021 with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of notes and coins in the cash cycle.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2025

1 min read

Advantages of Automated Retail Cash Systems

While consumer payments are changing, cash continues to flourish. However, there is a need to address some of inefficiencies in cash handling if cash is to thrive.

Cash Usage

John Winchcombe

26 Dec. 2024

2 min read

Public Lukewarm on New Zealand CBDC

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has published the results of its consultation on a possible CBDC. The consultation had the highest response rate of any RBNZ survey, with more than 500 individuals and groups writing in, as well as 18,000 online survey responses.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

26 Dec. 2024

4 min read

Maintaining Cash On Europe’s Agenda

At the Coin Conference in Lisbon Martina Horakova, Managing Director, International Mint Industry Association (IMIA), presented European Economic Area legislations and proposals ‘in favour’ of cash access and acceptance.

Future of Cash

Francisco Mandiola

26 Dec. 2024

6 min read

Chile Reserves Judgement On Trump’s Bitcoin Idea

While the United States and Brazil debate the use of bitcoin in their international reserves, the Banco Central de Chile, in line with its Governor's firm commitment to cash, categorically rules out this possibility, arguing that crypto assets do not meet the legal or technical criteria for their inclusion.

Country Profile Free Free

John Winchcombe

23 Dec. 2024

3 min read

Technology Focus: Programmable Payments

Programmable payments are often talked about in the context of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), but they are possible with any digital payment. The Federal Reserve of Atlanta has written a useful blog explaining them.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

23 Dec. 2024

5 min read

Access to Cash: Combining Perception to Distance

Access to cash has become a key area of interest for central banks. The Bank of Canada has compared subjective perceptions of cash accessibility with distance based metrics and published their findings in a staff analytical note.

Cash Usage

John Winchcombe

23 Dec. 2024

5 min read

Payment News

Mobile money transactions in Kenya surged to KSh6.5 trillion in the first nine months of 2024, reflecting a 13.2% growth compared to KSh5.8 trillion during the same period last year.

News

John Winchcombe

23 Dec. 2024

2 min read

BOE Explores CBDC Privacy Solutions

The Bank of England (BOE) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Digital Currency Initiative (MIT DCI) have published a paper exploring privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) for a possible digital pound.

Digital CN

John Winchcombe

23 Dec. 2024

2 min read

Half-Time in the ECB’s Digital Euro Assessment

The European Central Bank (ECB) is half-way through its assessment work about whether to launch a CBDC. This has involved extensive consultation. It has published its second progress report on its preparation phase of a digital euro.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2024

4 min read

News in Brief

The European Commission is preparing to introduce new rules on cash payments in order to fight against money laundering.

News

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2024

2 min read

BI’s wCBDC Proof of Concept Results

Bank Indonesia (BI) has published a paper on a technical proof of concept (PoC) for a wholesale CBDC (wCBDC). BI had compared R3’s Corda enterprise blockchain and Ethereum-based Hyperledger Besu, but the report did not make a definitive choice at this stage.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

Russia’s Ministry of Industry wants a two year transition before mandatory adoption of a digital ruble. It is concerned that the necessary infrastructure is not ready. It is currently planned to become mandatory for large retailers by July 2025.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2024

4 min read

A New Focus on Understanding Financial Inclusion

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has written a paper investigating who is underserved when it comes to digital payments, the starting point for working out how to include them in today’s digital economy.

Digital CN

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2024

3 min read

How Low Value Transactions Across Borders are Changing Payments

While the revolution in information and communication technology, the emergence of China as a global manufacturing exporter, and the expansion of global value chains in the 1980s started a new phase of globalisation, the relatively recent rise in e-commerce and direct-to-customer sales, facilitated by online retail platforms, is leading to a new feature of international trade, namely an increase in the number of low-value transactions.

Retail

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2024

2 min read

Smart Safes and Cash Management

At the 2024 Association for Financial Professionals national conference in the US treasurers from Starbucks, Staples and Inspire Brands (who run a number of US restaurant chains) explained the benefits of using smart safes for cash management.

Cash Management

John Winchcombe

29 Nov. 2024

5 min read

The Implications of Mandated Cash Acceptance and Regional Bank Branch Levies

Matt Sykes of The CPT Group has published an interesting article on LinkedIn. While it discusses recent changes, and possible changes, to the Australian cash system, the article raises questions for all.

Country Profile

29 Nov. 2024

4 min read

Research Based Campaigning for Cash

Pascal Wicht, Strategic Designer at SICPA, presented at October’s ATMIA conference on the social role of cash, particularly for Gen Z. This work forms part of the International Currency Associations (ICA) programme of understanding and advocating for cash by going beyond the pure retail and payment functions of cash.

Future of Cash

Latest News

Cash Usage Holding Up in the Eurosystem

Cash Management Companies – Part of the Solution?

UK Cash Industry Environmental ‘Wins’

Advantages of Automated Retail Cash Systems

Public Lukewarm on New Zealand CBDC

Maintaining Cash On Europe’s Agenda

Chile Reserves Judgement On Trump’s Bitcoin Idea

Technology Focus: Programmable Payments

Access to Cash: Combining Perception to Distance

Payment News

BOE Explores CBDC Privacy Solutions

Half-Time in the ECB’s Digital Euro Assessment

News in Brief

BI’s wCBDC Proof of Concept Results

CBDC News

A New Focus on Understanding Financial Inclusion

How Low Value Transactions Across Borders are Changing Payments

Smart Safes and Cash Management

The Implications of Mandated Cash Acceptance and Regional Bank Branch Levies

Research Based Campaigning for Cash

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