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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

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

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

23 Feb. 2023

4 min read

Individual Logic, Collective Idiocy? 3 Perspectives on the Need for Cash

Commercial banks are profit-seeking entities. Cost reduction to maximise profits and automation are core to achieving that. Bank branches and ATMs are expensive, hence the drive to close so many of them and, in the process, the ability to deposit and issue cash goes too. Merchants and the public are pushed towards going cashless, or at the very least, less-cash.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

23 Feb. 2023

6 min read

‘Hard Law’ Needed to Safeguard Euro Cash

The International Mint Industry Association has published a position paper (2023/01) urging the European Commission to give legal certainty on the implications of the legal tender status of euro banknotes and coins in terms of mandatory acceptance and to enshrine it in secondary law.

Future of Cash Studies, Reports

John Winchcombe

31 Jan. 2023

4 min read

When is Money Real? When It Hurts to Spent It

The Dutch National Bank has issued a working paper considering the implications of moving to non-cash payment methods, if any.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

21 Dec. 2022

5 min read

Reflections on Cash

An article by Tristan Dissaux - ‘The Social Role of Money in an Age of Digitalisation' - pulls together much of the debate and thinking around the payment tension created by digitisation. As we end 2022, it is a good time to reflect on this.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

29 Aug. 2022

3 min read

Thinking CashTech for the Future of Cash

CashTech gathers companies which leverage software and communications technology to provide improved cash services as well as to enhance the efficiency of the cash cycle.

Events Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

3 July 2022

3 min read

What Does the Future Hold for Payments?

Last year, the International Banknote Designers Association (IBDA) held a virtual conference. One speaker, Dr Franklin Noll, presented his thoughts on how we’ll be paying in ten years time.

Digital Payments Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

22 Feb. 2022

7 min read

The UK’s Path to Digital Inclusion

A recent webinar organised by Enryo, an independent consultancy, invited four experts to consider digital inclusion. Speakers addressed how to overcome the very real problem of proving identity and what needs to be done to accelerate digital inclusion.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2022

3 min read

A Prediction for the Future of Money

A CoinDesk columnist, J P Koning, has bravely made five predictions about the future of money.

Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

21 Dec. 2021

3 min read

RBA Governor Lays Out the Future of Payments in Australia

Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), spoke recently at a conference about the future of payments in Australia. He said that the direction of change was ‘pretty clear’.

Country Profile Future of Cash

Leeann Shanks

26 Nov. 2021

5 min read

Reducing Cash Impact on Climate Change

With the UK recently hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), companies in the UK cash cycle are thinking about what they can do to play their part.

Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

26 Nov. 2021

4 min read

The Role of Cash in a Digital World

David Sax, a journalist, has written a book ‘Revenge of the Analog: Real things and why they matter’. He makes an interesting case for analogue products such as banknotes. The digital world has been with us for over 20 years, and it has brought significant benefits, usually related to convenience, choice and cost.

Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

13 Nov. 2021

2 min read

DNB’s McKinsey Study Lays Out the Future of Cash

The Dutch National Bank (DNB) spoke at the recent ICCOS seminar about the McKinsey study commissioned to consider the cash infrastructure the Netherlands will need for the next 10 years. With cash transactions having recovered to 20% of transactions, down from 32% pre-pandemic, the Netherlands is preparing for a less cash society.

Country Profile Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

4 Nov. 2021

7 min read

The Future of Cash – A View from the Philadelphia Fed

The future of cash is, without doubt, the most discussed, presented and written about topic in the cash and retail payments industry during the last 10 years. The topic took on a new dimension with the arrival of COVID-19, the effects of which feature in a discussion paper, titled simply ‘The Future of Cash’.

Future of Cash Staff Papers

Paul Blond

26 Sept. 2021

7 min read

The Future of Cash – from the Asia Pacific Perspective

In place of the annual in-person Future of Cash Conference™, a series of virtual events have been staged. The most recent was an Asia Pacific-focused two-day virtual conference held across four themed sessions in July.

Events Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

26 Aug. 2021

3 min read

Financial Inclusion – Harder than it Looks

Peterson K Ozili has written about financial inclusion and why it is harder than it looks. Many of the barriers are within the control of governments to remove by investment and subsidies. Others, the cultural, social and income barriers are a much more significant challenge.

Cash Management Digital Payments Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

26 Aug. 2021

2 min read

Financial Education – Teaching the Value of Money

There have been a number of articles this year about financial products targeting children with the aim of teaching them to save, spend and think about money ready for when they are adults.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

Latest News

Bank of England Describes Future Payments

Safeguarding Cash: ICA Recommendations to Central Banks

Bringing Futures Literacy to the Future of Money

WBS Lays Out a New Cash Future

Individual Logic, Collective Idiocy? 3 Perspectives on the Need for Cash

‘Hard Law’ Needed to Safeguard Euro Cash

When is Money Real? When It Hurts to Spent It

Reflections on Cash

Thinking CashTech for the Future of Cash

What Does the Future Hold for Payments?

The UK’s Path to Digital Inclusion

A Prediction for the Future of Money

RBA Governor Lays Out the Future of Payments in Australia

Reducing Cash Impact on Climate Change

The Role of Cash in a Digital World

DNB’s McKinsey Study Lays Out the Future of Cash

The Future of Cash – A View from the Philadelphia Fed

The Future of Cash – from the Asia Pacific Perspective

Financial Inclusion – Harder than it Looks

Financial Education – Teaching the Value of Money

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