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John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2021

4 min read

ESTA Reports on Own Vision for Cash

As an initial member of the European Retail Payment Board (ERPB) working group, the European Security and Transport Association (ESTA), supported by other organisations, sought to foster debate on a number of issues relevant to ‘obstacles to cash acceptance’, a topic being investigated by the ERPB and about which it had issued a questionnaire.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2021

4 min read

Overview of the Carbon Footprint of Cash in the UK

LINK, who run the UK’s main shared interbank network of cash machines, has commissioned a report to look at how the UK’s cash distribution industry can reduce its carbon footprint.

Cash Management CIT Free Free

John Winchcombe

3 Aug. 2021

3 min read

ESTA Offer the ERPB an Alternative Perspective on Cash

The European Retail Payment Board (ERPB) issued a questionnaire about acceptance and access to cash in April 2021. In mid-April the European Secure Transportation Association (ESTA) withdrew from the ERPB working group on the basis that the ERPB’s investigation about cash usage was too narrow.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

25 July 2021

2 min read

DNB Reports on the Future of Cash Infrastructure

The Dutch National Bank (DNB) has written to the Dutch House of Representatives presenting its report, ‘The Future of Cash Infrastructure in the Netherlands’. The DNB commissioned a study from McKinsey in December last year as the basis for this report.

Country Profile Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

5 July 2021

3 min read

The Complexities of Financial Inclusion

Two articles recently cast a different light on financial inclusion. The first published by Cash Essentials and written by Manuel A. Bautista-González of Colombia University about cash in Mexico and the second published in the Irish Times. Very different stories but interesting perspectives on using less cash.

Digital Payments Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

21 June 2021

2 min read

Dutch Remain Positive about Cash

A survey carried out in February 2021 by the Dutch National Bank (DNB Cash) contained some good news for cash. In five years’ time over 70% of all age groups expect still to be using cash.

Country Profile Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

21 June 2021

2 min read

Cash and COP26

This November, COP26, the UN climate change conference, will take place in Glasgow. Cash & Payment News™ and its sister paper Currency News™ have started work on a paper, ‘Cash: a Roadmap to Sustainability’, ahead of the conference.

Events Future of Cash Staff Papers

John Winchcombe

18 May 2021

2 min read

Future of Cash – Continuing the Conversation

Following the success of the Future of Cash online event in February 2021, the organisers – AGIS Consulting and CashEssentials – are continuing the conversation and providing a coherent story of today’s cash challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. The next virtual event – taking place 6-7 July – will focus specifically on the Asia-Pacific region. The physical event is still on track to go ahead on the 9-10 November, in Madrid, Spain.

Events Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

11 April 2021

5 min read

Improving the Efficiency of the Handling of Cash

At the online Future of Cash conference last month, Diederik Bruggink from the European Payment Council (EPC) presented its thoughts on how to make cash more efficient.

Events Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

5 March 2021

5 min read

New Initiative to Ensure Universal Access to Payments

Payments in their many guises are essential to the way we all live our lives, to buy bread and milk, to heat or homes and to do many other things. Around the world the majority of people take payments for granted and are able to choose the payment option that suits their needs for the particular transaction. However, many people don’t have this choice and have to rely on a single payment method, and this is very often cash.

CBDC Digital Payments Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

5 March 2021

3 min read

Future of Cash – Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities

The last year has accelerated a number of payment trends, with the cash ‘paradox’ to the fore (cash in circulation up, cash transactions down). The Future of Cash conference laid out and explained the growing pressure on cash but also gave good data, examples and food for thought about opportunities for the future.

Events Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

5 March 2021

5 min read

CashTech: Taking Cash Forward

This is the title of a new Cash Essentials paper. The paper considers the role cash plays in economic and social life, the challenges it faces and how innovation is improving the efficiency of the cash cycle. The paper includes the line, ‘the capacity for cash to change will be integral to its continuing success’, and it goes on to explore what the future holds.

Cash Management Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

5 March 2021

5 min read

Cash – the ‘Anchor of Stability’ Which Needs Safeguarding

A recent working paper entitled ‘Institutional Hostility to Cash and COVID-19’ by economists Doris Neuberger of Germany’s University of Rostock and Eduardo Beretta from the Swiss Institute of Economics examines how the pandemic has boosted commercial incentives and government policies to nudge consumers away from cash.

Cash Usage COVID Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

2 Feb. 2021

6 min read

NatWest Brings Together the UK Cash Industry

In the three months leading up to 9 December, NatWest, a UK bank, brought together 36 organisations to establish cross industry working groups to improve the environmental performance of the UK’s cash cycle. Three working groups were set up looking at energy, plastics and CO2 to establish best practice and to drive change.

Cash Management Free Future of Cash Free

John Winchcombe

2 Feb. 2021

2 min read

Without Cash, Can There be Safe Payments?

A recent Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper on ‘Safe Payments’ (2020-53) posed the question whether private payment systems based on bank deposits provide the optimal level of safety?

CBDC Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

4 Jan. 2021

2 min read

DMI – the Future of Payments

OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute recently published a report on the Future of Payments. The report is a thorough examination of non-cash payment developments but two elements stood out. Firstly, a striking infographic showing the age profiles of four parts of the world and, secondly, more information on the growth, importance and impact of mobile payments.

Digital Payments Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

22 Dec. 2020

5 min read

News in Brief

The South China Morning Post has published its first China FinTech report. Mobile payments now account for four out of every five payments and for more than half the value of all non-cash retail payments for consumers and businesses. The report states that China’s massive domestic financial market has an estimated 87% of consumers using FinTech services, a $29 trillion mobile payment market in 2019.

Cash Usage Digital Payments Future of Cash

Latest News

ESTA Reports on Own Vision for Cash

Overview of the Carbon Footprint of Cash in the UK

ESTA Offer the ERPB an Alternative Perspective on Cash

DNB Reports on the Future of Cash Infrastructure

The Complexities of Financial Inclusion

Dutch Remain Positive about Cash

Cash and COP26

Future of Cash – Continuing the Conversation

Improving the Efficiency of the Handling of Cash

New Initiative to Ensure Universal Access to Payments

Future of Cash – Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities

CashTech: Taking Cash Forward

Cash – the ‘Anchor of Stability’ Which Needs Safeguarding

NatWest Brings Together the UK Cash Industry

Without Cash, Can There be Safe Payments?

DMI – the Future of Payments

News in Brief

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