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After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, state authorities could start using digital payments data to prosecute women seeking abortions.

Cash in circulation is growing in Tanzania, alongside significant progress in terms of financial inclusion and the development of mobile money.

Cash remains dominant in Mexico after the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the government’s promotion of digital payments and a boom in fintech solutions, per the latest national survey on financial inclusion.

Cash payments in the United States grew in 2021, following a sharp decline in 2020, according to the Federal Reserve’s 2022 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice.

The Queen's Speech, delivered on 10 May 2022, promises legal protection for access to physical cash. But scratch beneath the surface and the promise contains the seeds of the continuing destruction of physical cash.

Bitcoin's use in payments remains limited in El Salvador, despite the government's massive marketing campaign - something no country has ever done for cash.

A new paper analyses the spatial distribution of ATMs and bank branches in Switzerland. On average Swiss residents have easy access to cash as 90% live within 2.7 km of an ATM and 3.7 km of a bank branch. Those who live more than 5 km from an ATM or bank branch account for 2.6% and 4.9% of the population, respectively.

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services passed the Payment Choice Act of 2022, a bill designed to protect the right of consumers to pay with cash at brick-and-mortar retailers.

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.

In Poland, nearly half of all card transactions involve cash withdrawals and cashback operations. During the pandemic, the Polish central bank has defended the consumers’ right to use cash in retail payments.

Cash remains the dominant payment instrument in Poland. In January 2021, currency in circulation grew 39% year on year due to increased precautionary demand. Cash spiked after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

In March 2022, CashEssentials participated in a conversation on the resilience of cash in Mexico during the Global Money Week, an OECD initiative to promote financial literacy.