Cash contributes to education

The CashTech Innovation Awards aim to recognise innovations that facilitate access to and acceptance of cash and improve the cash cycle's overall efficiency. Submissions are open until 31 September 2023.

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we look back at the essential role of cash in promoting gender equality.

Economists debate the merits of distributing cash rather than gifts for Christmas.

Elsewhere on the Web provides weekly updates and links to articles related to cash and money, curated on the web.

CashEssentials is honoured to announce that Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint) has joined the think tank.

A Royal Society for Arts report found that 48% of the population (25 million people) thinks the disappearance of cash would be problematic, and 10 million people would not know how to cope.

Elsewhere on the Web provides weekly updates and links to articles and reports related to cash and money, curated on the web. During the last fortnight, the media have analysed the people featured on banknotes around the globe. In Japan, incredible amounts of cash end up lost and found.

Cash Welcome, an industry-backed organisation giving a voice to those who trust and rely on cash, is launching a campaign featuring students, young parents and influencers explaining how they use cash to set a budget and save for specific goals.

The equivalent of over 2 billion Canadian dollars are currently held in foreign currency in Canadian homes and businesses. This money, if donated – can help to make a tremendously positive and impactful difference in the community.

This LGBTQ+ Pride month, the Bank of England launched a new £50 note depicting Alan Turing, mathematician, cryptographer, and father of modern computing, unjustly treated for being gay.

The new US Administration has announced efforts to speed up the design of the new $20 bill featuring abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman. The project had been paused under the Trump administration.

The Jury gives their take at selected images of CashEssential's third photo contest "SMALL BILL, BIG THRILL: A little Cash goes a Long Way" and their view on the importance of cash today.