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Cash and Crises, a series of financial literacy video series by CashEssentials releases its sixth episode with a social mission to support the relief and development community in understanding how cash is managed for society in times of crisis.

For countries emerging from conflict like Ethiopia, digital payment systems are a tempting way to extend control over the people. Do Ethiopians want their government to have complete and absolute control over every financial transaction they make or would they prefer to retain the financial resilience, privacy, freedom from exploitation, and protection from poor governance which cash offers them?

During the third and final webinar, our panel combining industry experts and futurists, designed a desirable future for cash and discussed the roadmap to make it happen. Our next Webinar ‘Is CashTech the Future of Cash’ will look at how new entrants can leverage technology to disrupt the cash cycle.

Covid-19 will be mobilised by the financial industry to push their War on Cash even further, leaving us ever more ensnared within their private digital money empire

Cash is an infrastructure and the cash community needs to develop a long-term vision, to be able to pro-actively steer the cash cycle and address the challenges cash is facing today.

During this webinar, our panel combining industry experts and futurists will imagine radical scenarios for the future of cash. The session is the second part of a series of three webinars aimed at using Futures Literacy to imagine the Future of Cash.

Amid the current furore about whether cash is safe to use, it’s timely to reflect that currency not only serves as a ready means of payment, but also a store of wealth. In a rush by some to abandon cash – or see its use side-lined – it is also important to consider that for many people around the world, cash is also often their only readily available means of payment.

Mathematician Ivar Ekeland and economist Jean-Charles Rochet recommend the introduction of a 0.3% tax on all electronic payments to fund the economic recovery, following the pandemic.

During this webinar, our panel combining industry experts and futurists will imagine and debate the role of cash in a post-corona world. The session is the first part of a series of three webinars and will aim at looking at the key trends which will likely shape the Future of Cash. Save the date: 19 May 2020 @ 14:00 CET!

Cash and Crises, a series of financial literacy video series by CashEssentials releases its fifth episode with a social mission to support the relief and development community in understanding how cash is managed for society in times of crisis.

Disaster Management Consultant and Epidemiologist, James Shepherd-Barron, shares why advising low-income societies to use contact-less electronic payments instead of cash as a Covid-19 control measure is likely to negatively affect health outcomes over the longer term.

Antony Harris of Crane Payment Innovations explains why being a Dactylochrematophobia – someone afraid of handling cash – is concerning for society and what alternatives can be looked at in facing this fear.