The death of paperSee Banknote paper. More moneyFrom the Latin word moneta, nickname that was given by Romans to the goddess Juno because there was a minting workshop next to her temple. Money is any item that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular region, country or socio-economic context. Its onset dates back to the origins of humanity and its physical representation has taken on very varied forms until the appearance of metal coins. The banknote, a typical representati... More and its replacement by digital paymentA transfer of funds which discharges an obligation on the part of a payer vis-à-vis a payee. More methods has been widely publicised in the media across the world. Nevertheless, various reports and studies containing hard data demonstrate the exact opposite.
George Sarantopoulos, CEO of Access One ATM, denounced the various attacks that cashMoney in physical form such as banknotes and coins. More faces in his conference “The Investigation on the War of Cash” held at 2016 National ATM Council Conference & Expo. He notably cited the wave of new regulations restricting cash usage designed to discourage people from hoardingThe term refers to the use of cash as a store of value. However, the term has a negative connotation of concealment, and is often used in the context of the war on cash. See Precautionary Holdings. More money in cash; the US Choke Point Operation that hinders the activities of cash-intensive businesses in the name of the fight against money-laundering; and the anti-cash disinformation campaign conducted by many US media.
The reality is that the introduction of alternative means of payment contributed to widening the payment landscape with no impact on the demand for cash. Indeed, figures of the Federal Reserve Bank Payment Diaries demonstrate that banknotes remain the preferred payment instrumentDevice, tool, procedure or system used to make a transaction or settle a debt. More in the US, with a steady growth of cash in circulationThe value (or number of units) of the banknotes and coins in circulation within an economy. Cash in circulation is included in the M1 monetary aggregate and comprises only the banknotes and coins in circulation outside the Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI), as stated in the consolidated balance sheet of the MFIs, which means that the cash issued and held by the MFIs has been subtracted (“cash reserves”). Cash in circulation does not include the balance of the central bank’s own banknot... More. For instance, 5.7 billion $20 notes were in circulation in 2007, 8.5 billion in 2015 and 10 billion are expected to circulate by 2020.
It is often argued that millennials are the most willing to shift away from cash in favour of e-transactions yet the exact opposite is true. Data demonstrates that they may well be the most attached to paper money as they have experienced the 2008 financial crisis when coming of age, preventing them from relying on the banking and credit systems.
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