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John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

5 min read

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A Centre for Economic Policy Research paper has focused on the need for central banks to be financially resilient.

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John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

5 min read

This year Microsoft turns 50. Amazon is just over 30, Meta is 21 and the iPhone is just 18. Another organisation turning 18 this year, one that has had a major impact on payments, is M-Pesa. Payments:Unpacked recently ran an article from Jeremy Light’s Agenda:Payments newsletter2 celebrating M-Pesa’s milestone birthday.

Digital Payments Free Free

Guillaume Lepecq

28 April 2025

5 min read

OECD Highlights Need to Balance Digital Payments and Access to Cash

A new OECD paper highlights the importance of balancing digital innovation with the enduring need for cash. By adopting comprehensive policies and initiatives, governments can ensure that all segments of society have access to reliable and secure payment methods, fostering financial inclusion and stability in the digital age.

Future of Cash Studies, Reports

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

5 min read

Gaming: a Microcosm of Payments

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has published an article on the evolution of video game payments infrastructure. As gaming has become big business, companies have changed how they monetise and distribute games to their customers, as well as adapted and evolved their payments infrastructure to support new revenue models. Changes in gaming payments represents a microcosm of what is happening in payments more broadly.

Digital Payments

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

Updates on a Digital Pound

The Bank of England (BOE) is in the design phase of work on a digital pound (DP). As part of this phase, it is conducting experiments and proofs of concept in collaboration with private- sector innovators and a range of stakeholders.

CBDC Studies, Reports

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

New Cash Environmental Resource Launched

Reconnaissance, working with Currency Publications, started a programme of sustainability-related projects at the end of 2021 with the publication of ‘Cash: A Roadmap to Sustainability’. Since then, we have continued a programme of work which has been made freely available in an effort to help reduce our industries environmental impact.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

3 min read

Focusing on Banknote Sustainability in the Americas

A new survey of central banks and state printing works in Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean has identified their environmental priorities. 42% of countries in the region replied, and their answers have been used to shape the agenda for a day dedicated to a workshop on Cash Sustainability on Monday 9 June in Rio de Janeiro. The event is being held in conjunction with the International Currency Association.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

Digital Currency Conference Heads to Bangkok

Currency Research (CR) is hosting the 2025 Digital Currency Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 28-29 May 2025. Nearly 200 delegates from central banks, financial institutions, fintechs, and technology providers from across the globe will come together to discuss the rapidly evolving digital currency landscape. Now in its 4th edition, the Digital Currency Conference was previously held in Mexico City (2022), Washington, DC (2023), and London (2024).

CBDC Events

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

3 min read

Argentinians Buy Dollars in Chile

In early January of this year, an article in Chile’s primary newspaper almost proudly touted the fact that Chile’s CLP had reached a new status in Argentina (the CLP is the name of the exchange rate used by anyone in Chile who needs to buy US dollars unofficially). Suddenly, the Chilean peso had achieved sufficient stature to be exchanged informally at multiples of ARS 1.03 to 1.21 for each CLP 1.

Cash Usage

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

The Importance of Scope 3 Reporting

MyCarbon, who spoke at the Cash Sustainability Forum™, has recently teamed up with Santander Bank to explain about Scope 3 reporting of greenhouse gas emissions for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

2 min read

Ireland Passes Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure Bill

2024 European Central Bank (ECB) survey data found that about half of point- of-sale payments in Ireland were made using cash. The Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill has now been passed in Ireland to ‘provide for the continued provision of sufficient and effective access to cash infrastructure’. The new Act makes legal provision for the availability, operation, regulation and accessibility of ATM services and cash service points.

Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

21 April 2025

2 min read

Reconnaissance International Launches DataVault™

Reconnaissance International has unveiled DataVault™, the industry’s first dedicated, searchable online database for banknotes and coins – designed specifically for currency professionals who need fast, reliable, and up-to-date information.

Data Analytics

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

5 min read

Costs of Cash and Card Payments from a Consumer Perspective

This is the title of a recently published study that is the third and final module in a series of studies in Germany looking at the ‘Costs and Benefits of Cash and Cashless Payment Instruments’.

Cash Usage Future of Cash

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

5 min read

News in Brief

In the US Marqeta is now working with Green Dot so that Green Dot’s money movement network allows customers and businesses the ability to deposit cash to bank accounts at more than 95,000 locations nationwide. Marqueta and Green Dot are fintechs.

News

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

5 min read

Payment News

‘In light of the deteriorating security situation in Sweden and our neighbouring region, both public and private actors need to urgently step up their efforts to create a payments market that can withstand disruptions,’ says the Riksbank governor.

News

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

Mark Carney is Canada’s new prime minister, chosen by the Liberal Party after the resignation of Justin Trudeau.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

4 min read

Stablecoins for Cross-Border Payments

A paper by PCMI assesses opportunities for stablecoins in cross-border payments1. Stablecoins are blockchain-based digital assets pegged to a fiat currency and around $210 billion worth are in circulation, the largest issuers being Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC).

Coins Digital CN

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

5 min read

The Changing Role of Procurement and Sustainability

The Dutch National Bank (DNB) reported on the sustainability work of the Joint European Tender (JET) group at the Intergraf Currency+Identity conference. This is a tangible banknote specific example of an approach to using procurement to drive change.

Sustainability

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

2 min read

Cash Circulation in Armenia: Ways to Improve the System

The volume of cash in circulation in Armenia is continuing to increase despite the developments and rapid growth of non-cash payment methods. In connection with the above, the effective organisation of cash circulation is becoming a primary issue.

Cash in Circulation Cash Management

John Winchcombe

26 March 2025

2 min read

Euro Stablecoin Settlement Accounts Allowed at the ECB

In January the European Central Bank made an announcement about stablecoins which led to some readers believing it had said stablecoin issuers would be able to back euro stablecoins with central bank reserves. A paper by the Bretton Woods Committee, while literally correct in what it said, also added to this misunderstanding. A clarification was issued.

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M-Pesa: Showing the Way at 18

OECD Highlights Need to Balance Digital Payments and Access to Cash

Gaming: a Microcosm of Payments

Updates on a Digital Pound

New Cash Environmental Resource Launched

Focusing on Banknote Sustainability in the Americas

Digital Currency Conference Heads to Bangkok

Argentinians Buy Dollars in Chile

The Importance of Scope 3 Reporting

Ireland Passes Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure Bill

Reconnaissance International Launches DataVault™

Costs of Cash and Card Payments from a Consumer Perspective

News in Brief

Payment News

CBDC News

Stablecoins for Cross-Border Payments

The Changing Role of Procurement and Sustainability

Cash Circulation in Armenia: Ways to Improve the System

Euro Stablecoin Settlement Accounts Allowed at the ECB

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