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The South African Reserve Bank is warning citizens against scammers ‘recalling cash contaminated with the coronavirus’.

Te Pūtea Matua, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has engaged in a three-year Future of Cash programme aimed at scoping the dynamics of cash use and assessing whether there is a role to act in either preserving the cash system for future years or meeting the needs of cash users in other ways.

As we celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March, enjoy and journey through an expedition of banknotes across the world featuring beautifully varied wild plants and animals.

As Sweden's Riksbank announces it has begun testing an e-Krona, Aleksi Grym, Head of Digitalisation at the Bank of Finland offers a reality check on ongoing developments with Central Bank Digital Currencies.

According to consumer Association, Which? the closure of ATMs have saved UK banks £120 million in ATM interchange fees and cost consumers £104 million in surcharging.

Despite swelling numbers of digital transactions, cash retains a large slice of the payment mix. Banks are being assigned the role of stewards for cash distribution. But this requires a debate as to what cash services banks and other stakeholders render to the public and at what cost.

Charity GiveDirectly gave US$1,000 each to poor households in Kenya, resulting to US$2.60 in additional spending or income for every US$1 cash delivered.

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

Today, smartphones are more than just a device used for communication. For young African millennials, engaging in sports gambling is all in reach with just a swipe of one's finger. A 2017 GeoPoll survey found that up to 54% of sub-Saharan African youth between 17 and 35 years have engaged in sports gambling. Read the full article on The Conversation.

The ATM doesn't just dispense cash, it dispenses value way beyond that of the banknotes it disgorges. They play a pivotal role in disaster risk reduction, poverty alleviation and social protection. But they could do more.

For the first time, some researchers are claiming that the number of installed ATMs may have marginally declined worldwide, with key markets such as China, the USA, Japan, Brazil and India experiencing a lag in growth. However, in no way is this correlated to a decline in cash demand. The decline seems to be limited to a few major markets and could well be due to structural factors.

The Dutch government is putting forward a package of measures to Parliament, aimed at fighting against money laundering. Two of these measures specifically target cash: banning cash payments above and scrapping the €500 note.