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Guillaume Lepecq

September 18, 2020

Prosegur Goes Green and Introduces Hybrid and Electric Armoured Trucks

Prosegur Cash has launched a comprehensive sustainability plan with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of its activities. The company aims to achieve a 1.5% reduction in the direct CO2 emissions of its armoured fleet by 2020. To do so, the main levers are the hybridisation and electrification of their vehicles.

Guillaume Lepecq

September 17, 2020

Christine Lagarde Shares Vision of Payments in a Digital World

ECB President Christine Lagarde gave a speech at the Deutsche Bundesbank Conference on online banking and payments in the digital world. The speech addresses cash, European sovereignty and central bank digital currencies.

Guillaume Lepecq

September 01, 2020

India: Cash in Circulation Grew by 15% Last Year

According to the recently published Annual Report of the Reserve Bank of India, cash in circulation grew by 14.7% in value and 6.6% in volume between March 2020 and March 2019.

Guillaume Lepecq

August 25, 2020

Who is Framing Cash?

The mythical war on cash is not new, far from it. It is however often unclear who is waging it. During the Covid-19 pandemic, some of the enemies of cash have become more outspoken.Here are some of those who want to get rid of cash.

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Banknotes should Feature more Ethnic Diversity

Around the globe, protestors have been marching in response to the death of George Floyd in the US and against systemic and institutional racism. It is high time for banknotes to display more ethnic diversity.

Guillaume Lepecq

Webinar : Is CashTech the Future of Cash?

CashTech is, to coin a phrase, the encounter of cash and technology. CashTech gathers companies which adopt software and communications technology to provide improved cash services - including access to cash and acceptance of cash payments - as well as to enhance the efficiency of the cash cycle.

Guillaume Lepecq

Spain : 86% of the Population Considers Cash is Important but not the Government

A survey shows that the majority of Spaniards view access to cash as important in times of crisis. Meanwhile the government is proposing to lower the limit on cash payments and advocate its elimination altogether.

Guillaume Lepecq

Webinar: The Future of Cash – Beyond Corona Part III – Register Now!

During the second webinar of a series of three, our panel combining industry experts and futurists, discussed three possible future scenarios and their implications for monetary ecosystems and cash. The third and final webinar will look at designing a desirable future and discuss the roadmap to make it happen. The Webinar will be held on 30 June 2020 @ 14:00 CEST!

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Guillaume Lepecq

Spain: Cajamar delivers Cash to the Homes of the Elderly

Cajamar, the Spanish rural savings bank partners with local municipalities to facilitate access to cash for the elderly, without leaving their homes.

Guillaume Lepecq

February 07, 2020

Reserve Bank of Australia to Facilitate the Redemption of Notes Damaged by Bushfires

Australians can submit damaged banknote claims, after which the Reserve Bank of Australia will determine the value of the damaged notes and provide compensation.

Guillaume Lepecq

January 20, 2020

Loomis acquires Nokas Cash Handling Operation in Sweden

The European Cash Management sector sees further consolidation as Loomis has entered into an agreement to acquire Nokas Värdehantering, a Swedish subsidiary of Norway’s Nokas Kontandhåntering.

Guillaume Lepecq

November 18, 2019

The British Retail Consortium calls for Action on Card Fees

The British Retail Consortium has published its latest Payment Survey which shows that credit card spending overtook cash spending in 2018. Debit cards remain the most popular method of payment, accounting for almost three-in-five transactions.

Guillaume Lepecq

November 15, 2019

Will PEPSI displace Visa and MasterCard?

20 European banks are planning the launch of the Pan-European Payment System Initiative -PEPSI - to challenge the dominance of Visa and MasterCard in Europe and counter Big Tech firms.

Guillaume Lepecq

November 01, 2019

UK: over 100 communities apply for new ATMs in a month

Early October, LINK the UK's main ATM network inroduced a £1 million fund to support the installation of free-to-use cash machines in remote communities. In less than a month, over 100 applications were received.

Guillaume Lepecq

October 24, 2019

Royal Australian Mint launches the Great Aussie Coin Hunt

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Australian Dollar, the Royal Australian Mint and Australia Post have launched a coin hunt, inviting children to collect 26 limited edition coins. The coins feature quintessentially Australian icons including didgeridoos, lamingtons and quokkas.

Guillaume Lepecq

October 08, 2019

The Italian government intends to pay people to pay by card

The Italian government is considering measures to reduce cash usage with the aim of fighting against tax evasion.

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Research & publications

Guillaume Lepecq

September 21, 2020

Fraud in Cash and Electronic Payments: Taxonomy, Estimation and Projections

The pandemic has seen a sharp acceleration in payment fraud. But this is not a new phenomenon. A report based on 2014-2018 data for 52 countries provides a comprehensive taxonomy of payment fraud for both cash and electronic payments and offers an empirical estimation of the value of fraud with cash and cards.

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Webinar: The Future of Cash – Beyond Corona - Part I

During this webinar, our panel combining industry experts and futurists, discussed five tensions that will shape the future of cash and drafted a Futures Table, a tool for imagining radical futures. The session is the first part of a series of three webinars aimed at using Futures Literacy to imagine the Future of Cash. The second Webinar will be held on 9 June 2020 @ 14:00 CEST!

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BIS Bolsters Trust in Cash

The Bank for International Settlements has published a report analyzing how the pandemic has fueled public concerns that the coronavirus may be spread by cash: "Covid-19, cash, and the future of payments". The pandemic could broaden the divide in access to payment instruments and negatively impact the most vulnerable people.

Guillaume Lepecq

January 24, 2020

Alternatives to Sleepwalking (or Stampeding) into a Cashless Society

A new White Paper investigates the attitudes, challenges and concerns driven by the ever-increasing pace of society’s movement away from physical cash. It looks too at the innovations and developments that are taking place that may enable the benefits of cash to persist in a more digital world.

Guillaume Lepecq

November 08, 2019

New study finds that cash is cheapest payment instrument

A new study analyses the cost of cash compared to debit cards across 52 countries. It identifies and estimates the resource and private costs to determine the total social cost for both payment instruments, for consumers and retailers. The results show that the unit cost of debit cards is 2.8 times larger than the cost of cash globally.

Guillaume Lepecq

November 04, 2019

European Payments Council: to improve the efficiency of cash, recirculate

The European Payments Council publishes a revised version of its Recirculation Paper first published in June 2018. The paper aims to foster further cash efficiency particularly within the retail cash cycle, between consumers retailers and Payments Service Providers.

Guillaume Lepecq

September 30, 2019

European Consumer Association says consumers need a right to use cash

The European Consumer Association BEUC has published a position paper ‘Cash versus Cashless: Consumers need a right to use cash. The paper makes recommendations for EU level actions to ensure that consumers have a non-discriminatory right to access and use cash.

Guillaume Lepecq

September 09, 2019

Understanding Cash Usage

Cash in circulation is growing in most countries at a faster pace than GDP. But what factors are driving demand for cash ?

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