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Guillaume Lepecq

23 April 2026

5 min read

The Geopolitical Storm: How Currency Wars and Crises Are Reshaping Cash and Financial Sovereignty

As geopolitical storms reshape global finance, cash is evolving into a strategic tool for sovereignty, resilience, and trust in an era of fragmentation and digital vulnerability.

Future of Cash Resilience

Guillaume Lepecq

30 Oct. 2025

4 min read

The Fragility of Digital Payments: Lessons from Major IT Outages and the Irreplaceable Role of Cash

The digitalisation of payments offers speed, convenience, and global reach. Yet, this transformation comes with additional vulnerabilities—chief among them, the risk of outages that can paralyze payment systems.

Resilience

Martina Horakova

24 Sept. 2025

9 min read

Cash Payment Habits and Infrastructure for Resilience

In times of crisis, cash is increasingly recognised for its resilience. At an IMIA organised roundtable, Päivi Heikkinen (Head of Payment Systems Department and Chief Cashier, Bank of Finland), Matthias Schroth (Director of Cash Management Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank – OeNB), and Koen Thuis (Head of Cash Policy & Oversight Department, De Nederlandsche Bank – DNB) discussed approaches to the future of cash infrastructure and the cash payment habit with the aim of preserving cash resilience.

Future of Cash Resilience

Guillaume Lepecq: Chair

24 Sept. 2025

2 min read

Switzerland: Cash to be Enshrined in the Constitution

Swiss lawmakers have unanimously voted to enshrine the right to use cash in the nation’s constitution.

Future of Cash Resilience

John Winchcombe

24 Sept. 2025

5 min read

Cash Initiatives Around the World

During a panel discussion at this summer’s Currency Technology Symposium, a number of speakers described their cash cycles and access to cash. While the Dutch National Bank (DNB) is insourcing cash processing as cash volumes fall, South Africa is working with stakeholders to manage the quality of notes in circulation, and Switzerland is collecting data to inform policy on maintaining access to cash. Furthermore, Prof Dr Barbara Brandl of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, highlighted the need for access to both cash and digital money, to mitigate against inequalities that come with digital-only payments.

Future of Cash Resilience

John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2025

5 min read

The Fragility of Cash Resilience

Matt Sykes of the CPT Group in Australia, global experts in cash, payments and money systems, has written a review about whether cash can deliver on its role providing critical redundancy for national payment systems. They want to start a debate about whether the infrastructure that supports cash distribution deliver on this promise given the acute and growing strain it is under. Does a misalignment between policy assumptions and market realities risk rendering cash ineffective as a payment option in a crisis?

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John Winchcombe

21 May 2025

2 min read

Catastrophe Challenges All Payment Methods

An article by David Birch has argued that cash should not be regarded as the catastrophe solution. Cash is a solution, but only for very short time frames. What is needed is the means for person-to-person (or actually, device-to-device) payments that work in the absence of mobile networks, electricity and clearing systems. For example, a device with the necessary secure microchip, or a bank smart card, allows you to pay in shops, or send money to a friend. This is how the Chinese digital currency works.

Resilience

Concha Jiminez

21 May 2025

2 min read

No Power, No Phone… No Panic, Cash is King!

On 28 April, Spain, Portugal, and parts of France experienced a widespread electrical outage that plunged about 55 million people into a pre-electric age. The blackout had significant impacts on digital payments and cash demand, highlighting the vulnerabilities of modern payment systems during infrastructure failures.

Resilience

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The Geopolitical Storm: How Currency Wars and Crises Are Reshaping Cash and Financial Sovereignty

The Fragility of Digital Payments: Lessons from Major IT Outages and the Irreplaceable Role of Cash

Cash Payment Habits and Infrastructure for Resilience

Switzerland: Cash to be Enshrined in the Constitution

Cash Initiatives Around the World

The Fragility of Cash Resilience

Catastrophe Challenges All Payment Methods

No Power, No Phone… No Panic, Cash is King!

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