About Cash & Payment News
The Only Newsletter Dedicated to the Cash Cycle
The only news source dedicated specifically to the cash cycle and the role of cash within the payment eco-system — a unique source of information on cash as a payment tool relative to the alternatives.
Cash & Payment News™, launched in 2018, is the only news source dedicated specifically to the cash cycle and the role of cash within the payment eco-system. As such, it provides a unique source of information on cash as a payment tool relative to the alternatives.
In terms of cash as a payment option, topics covered include payments regulation, policy and legislation; consumer payment trends, studies and research; cashless or less-cash initiatives and counter-initiatives; fraud and security; central bank digital currencies; financial inclusion; and the environment and sustainability.
More specifically, Cash & Payment News considers how cash can be optimised in circulation from the perspective of the public, banks and retailers, central bank cash departments, consumer payments providers and the industries that supply these, as well as cash operation efficiencies and automation and the social benefits of cash. In 12 information-packed issues per year, along with weekly updates, it provides expert analysis and commentary to help subscribers plan for their future cash operations, tracking the important trends and developments in cash usage and alternative payments around the world.
Cash & Payment News is published by Currency Publications Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reconnaissance International. Along with Cash & Payment News, we also publish Currency News™ and Coin & Mint News™, along with regular supplements, special reports and directories.
What Cash & Payment News Covers
Payments Regulation
Policy and legislation shaping payments
Consumer Payment Trends
Studies, research and changing consumer behaviour
Cashless Initiatives
Less-cash initiatives, and the counter-initiatives to keep cash accessible
Central Bank Digital Currencies
Design, pilots and rollout of CBDCs
Fraud & Security
Detection, prevention and countermeasures
Financial Inclusion
Access to cash and payments for the unbanked
Environment & Sustainability
The environmental footprint of cash and its alternatives
Cash Circulation
Optimisation from the public, bank, retail and central bank perspective
Cash Operations
Efficiencies and automation across the cash supply chain
Social Benefits of Cash
The societal case for maintaining access to cash
Who Should Read Cash & Payment News
Your Subscription Includes
12 issues/year
Weekly news updates
CurrencyCheck database
Tender alerts
Reports & analysis
Editorial Team
Editor
John Winchcombe
John has worked with central banks since 1988 — when he joined De La Rue, followed by CCL Secure and then 7 Layer Solutions — to his present role as the payments expert at Reconnaissance.
Also from Reconnaissance
Astrid Mitchell
Chief Executive of Reconnaissance and editor of Currency News™, Cash & Payment News's sister publication.
Nicola Sudan
Regional Director of Reconnaissance International, based in Cape Town, South Africa. Nicola is also General Secretary of the International Tax Stamp Association.
Editorial Policy
Cash & Payment News is impartial and does not favour any organisation, technology or region.
Quality, accuracy and editorial integrity are paramount and all information is fully checked before publication.
Cash & Payment News welcomes input from individual organisations, but only on the understanding that material is only considered for inclusion if it is without bias, accurate and relevant to the readership.
Cash & Payment News aims to support the development of the cash and payments industry by fostering communications and providing information. The editors acknowledge the importance of discretion and, in seeking to advance the interests of the community, do not publish articles which could be damaging to any organisation or individual unless this information is already in the public domain or it is in the wider interests of the cash and payments community to do so.
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