Cash is a contingency and fall-back solution

As bushfires devastate the south-east of Australia, many towns are suffering power, internet or phone outages. For many, cash is the only way to pay for water, food and emergency supplies.

Young Americans are leaving their mark with traces of sky-rocketing credit card debt.

Is cash condemned by cryptocurrencies, cards and other alternative payment methods?

Suffering from a massive power outage that left millions struggling under deteriorating conditions, Venezuela shows us how cash plays a critical role in emergency situations and that preserving a currency’s value is a matter of life and death

James-Shepherd Barron analyses the use of the word "cash" and "money" in the aid world and calls for a better use of payments nomenclature to avoid confusion

The result is that the US federal government collected around $4.7 billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies in 2017, the vast majority of which was paid in cash, causing the IRS to be anything but relaxed. The US is now looking at ways to change federal marijuana laws in 2019 to address these challenges.

Cannabis is a booming business in the United States that garnered about $9 billion sales in 2017. Still viewed as illegal under federal law, business owners have limited access to banking.

Findings in the latest BIS survey unveils that central banks are in no hurry to issue a digital version of their currency — assuring us that cash remains a stable lifeline amidst digital falls.

Mobile money is practically the only payment method that is currently accessible to Zimbabwean consumers, but there are risks, and this became apparent following the 2-day breakdown of the country's largest service provider.

Cash aid has proven to be the most efficient type of aid in Jordan's refugee camps, according to UNICEF's latest report "Wrapped Up Warm". So much that it's the third year in a row that it is being implemented.

Norway's Financial Undertakings Act of 2017 have been recently updated and continue to require banks to meet demand for cash.

A consortium of banks and credit unions in the US have joined forces creating Sheltered Harbor - a project to better prepare in the event of a cyberattack. It might be time to look into the management of cash supplies in the event of a disaster.