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John Winchcombe

11 May 2023

2 min read

EPI Refreshed and With New Impetus

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) was established to build a unified pan-European payment system to rival Mastercard and Visa. Consumers and merchants would be able to use a card, digital wallet and make person-to-person payments. The idea was backed by the European Central Bank (ECB) and 31 banks joined the EPI.

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John Winchcombe

11 May 2023

3 min read

Designing the Cash Cycle of the Future

The 2023 Future of Cash Conference takes place 6-8 November in Istanbul and will bring together all stakeholders of the cash community – central banks, financial institutions, retailers, cash management companies, technology providers and suppliers – to discuss new strategies to design the cash cycle of the future.

Events

John Winchcombe

11 May 2023

5 min read

Cash Recovering and Holding On, Says BIS

The Bank for International Settlements Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure consists of 14 Advanced Economy and 13 Emerging Market Economy countries. It collects extensive data on their cash and electronic payments and uses these to draw conclusions about payment trends.

Cash in Circulation Cash Usage Studies, Reports

John Winchcombe

23 April 2023

5 min read

Bank of England Describes Future Payments

Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Director Financial Stability at the Bank of England, has spoken about innovation in payments and money, focusing on the impact and opportunities offered by tokenisation, including the future of cash.

Central Banks Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

23 April 2023

3 min read

Malaysia’s Automated Cash Centre Project

Yuserisal Mohd Noor, Head of Automated Cash Centre at Bank Negara Malaysia presented at the recent Silk Road Cash & Payments conference on the Bank's project to fully automate its cash centre.

Cash Management Country Profile

John Winchcombe

23 April 2023

4 min read

Hungary Legislates on Minimum Requirements for Currency Infrastructure

Anikó Bódi-Schubert and Ágnes Illés Belházy have provided a short summary of the content of the new Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) regulation on the processing and distribution of banknotes, its main motives and its expected impact on domestic cash payments.

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John Winchcombe

23 April 2023

5 min read

Crime Round-Up

Although a snapshot of cash related crimes taken from media reports, they are a reminder of the risks of cash related crime used to justify less cash. In January Cash & Payment News™ reported that for the first time ever no bank branch in Denmark had experienced an attack, since they no longer handle cash.

Crime

John Winchcombe

23 April 2023

4 min read

Exploring the Innovative Potential of the E-Krona

The Riksbank has issued its phase 3 report on its work to understand how an e-krona might work. This phase investigated how the Riksbank could collaborate with existing payment service providers to allow access to the e-krona based on the existing collaborative approaches.

Country Profile Digital CN

John Winchcombe

20 April 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

Latvijas Bank reported that in February 2023 non-cash payments made up 67% of transactions with cash responsible for the rest. The average number of payments per person per week was at a historical high of 14.3, up from 12.8 a year earlier.

News

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

Three leading French banks have announced a plan to share ATM services, similar to what has happened in the Netherlands and Belgium.

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

4 min read

Safeguarding Cash: ICA Recommendations to Central Banks

The International Currency Association (ICA), representing the global currency sector, has published a Cash Policy White Paper, available on its website www.currencyassociation.org, which is summarised here. It wants policy makers to recognise that the benefits of cash to society may be lost without practical steps to protect the supply and acceptance of cash in society and promote its further development.

Cash in Circulation Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

IMF Concludes Cash Usage Falling Globally

While data about digital payments is usually good, measuring cash is problematic. Understanding cash usage is important for regulatory authorities. IMF Working Paper WP/23/62 explores the measurement of cash based on ATM cash withdrawals value as an alternative to the traditional cash in circulation as a proportion of GDP method.

Cash Usage Free Studies, Reports Free

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

1 min read

What to Do With Banknotes at End of Life

On 5th April, FedCash® Services, Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, G+D and Reconnaissance will talk about different ways of disposing of unfit cotton banknotes in a free online seminar.

Events

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

Payments News

Something strange is happening in the US. According to PYMNTS research, fewer US restaurants are accepting digital wallets as a form of payment. Between September 2021 and April 2022, the number fell from 81% to 73%. At the same time consumer confidence in wallets has been rising.

News

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

CBDC News

Germany’s community bank group has argued that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) should only be brought into circulation by commercial banks who should be ‘appropriately compensated’ for it.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

Bringing Futures Literacy to the Future of Money

Cash Essentials has issued a report, ‘The Role of Cash in the Future Monetary Landscape’. Based on a Futures Literacy Lab hosted by Cash Essentials in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair for the Future of Finance at Ecole des Ponts Business School, in September 2022. The paper lays out how a Futures Literacy Lab works and seeks to understand the future of money.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

24 March 2023

11 min read

WBS Lays Out a New Cash Future

The 2023 World Banknote Summit (WBS) took place in Antwerp and was structured around three key areas – the performance of cash in a crisis, the sustainability of cash and the future outlook of cash.

Digital CN Events Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

24 March 2023

3 min read

Crime Round-Up

Although a snap shot of cash related crimes taken from media reports, they are a reminder of the risks of cash related crime used to justify less cash.

Crime

John Winchcombe

24 March 2023

8 min read

It Is All About Trust

Danmarks Nationalbank held a conference on 9 March in Copenhagen that looked at crypto assets and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), and then Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

CBDC Central Banks Events

John Winchcombe

24 March 2023

2 min read

Coinbase Explains Stablecoins

The cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has published a series of tweets giving its perspective on stablecoins, providing a good summary and insight about them.

Digital CN

Latest News

EPI Refreshed and With New Impetus

Designing the Cash Cycle of the Future

Cash Recovering and Holding On, Says BIS

Bank of England Describes Future Payments

Malaysia’s Automated Cash Centre Project

Hungary Legislates on Minimum Requirements for Currency Infrastructure

Crime Round-Up

Exploring the Innovative Potential of the E-Krona

News in Brief

News in Brief

Safeguarding Cash: ICA Recommendations to Central Banks

IMF Concludes Cash Usage Falling Globally

What to Do With Banknotes at End of Life

Payments News

CBDC News

Bringing Futures Literacy to the Future of Money

WBS Lays Out a New Cash Future

Crime Round-Up

It Is All About Trust

Coinbase Explains Stablecoins

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