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The Deutsche Bundesbank explores the availability and reachability of cash withdrawal facilities in Germany, highlighting the challenges and trends in maintaining a robust cash infrastructure. Ensuring access to cash is crucial for maintaining financial inclusion and providing a reliable fallback during crises.

The Future of Cash Conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from November 3-5, 2025, bringing together key stakeholders from across the cash community to explore innovative strategies for shaping the future of the cash cycle. This event will unite experts from central banks, financial institutions, retailers, cash management companies, technology providers, and suppliers to address the evolving role of cash in the global economy and discuss solutions to ensure freedom of payment choice is maintained.

2024 marked a pivotal chapter in the evolving narrative of cash. From New Zealand’s innovative community cash trials to Germany’s National Cash Forum, efforts were made to enhance access and acceptance of cash. Research delved into its psychological and societal importance, while the Paris Olympics exposed the challenges of cashless society. This retrospective captures key moments that shaped the discourse on relevance of cash, reflecting its enduring role in fostering financial inclusion, economic stability, privacy and consumer choice.

Elsewhere on the Web provides updates and links to articles related to cash, money and payments curated on the web. Highlights from this month’s new roundup indicate a global focus on the contingency role of cash and the importance of a resilient cash cycle in times of growing uncertainty.

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

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

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

The LINK scheme processes an average of 4 million cash withdrawals and balance enquiries every day and ATMs account for around 90% of cash acquisition in the UK. Here’s five things you ought to know about LINK from their just published annual report.

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

Banknote communications have developed rapidly over the last few decades and best practices have been evolving.A fully fledged banknote information campaign requires extensive resources, and central banks therefore use partnership programs to spread their messages.

As the banking sector continues to shut down branches and ATMs across Europe, cash automation solutions provide a significant opportunity for banks to partner with consumer businesses and become the agents of change of a rapidly transforming cash cycle.

Studies have often focused on the advantages of mobile money without empirically recognising the threats that may jeopardise the success of this innovation. A new study examines the dark side of mobile money by engaging with key stakeholders ecosystem.