Ireland: Retail cash payments credited in real-time
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CashMoney in physical form such as banknotes and coins. More automation FinTech company Premium Cash Solutions (PCS) is piloting an in-store processing technology – known as provisional or same-day credit – that enables cash earned in-stores to be credited immediately to retailers’ accounts on the same day – improving liquidityDescribes the extent to which assets or rights can be converted into cash without causing a significant decrease in the asset’s price. Accordingly, liquidity is often inversely proportional to the profitability of the asset and involves the trade-off between the selling price and the time needed to convert it to cash. In finance, cash is considered the most liquid asset and cash is sometimes used as a synonym for liquidity (e.g. cash reserves; cash pooling…). More and reducing risk.
Ireland’s payments landscape experienced a gradual shift in finding solutions for a safer workplace when it was first introduced to cash automation machines. Gone were the days of till drawers behind store counters as cash recyclingThe process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. Banknotes are increasingly recycled after destruction, and the waste is often used for landfills, isolation material etc. Polymer notes are melted into pellets which are recycled into new products. Recycling is often incorrectly used instead of recirculation. See Recirculation. More systems secured its spot, first in line. With staff no longer having access to handling cash, security was provided by eliminating theft while efficiency was guaranteed by bringing real time to the point of sale. But just like other innovations, the system carried a few loopholes including the inability for retailers to immediately receive their takings in their bank account.
Founders Aidan Comerford and Alan Condron noticed the gap in the system and acted to bridge together a simplified and effective process of ‘bringing the bank’ right at the retailers’ doorstep. During their interview with The Irish Times, they mention how their system runs simple – “a retailer deposits cash into a smart safeA safe way to make the cash management of a retailer more efficient. Banknotes and/or coins deposited into the device are counted and provisionally credited to the account holder. The retailer does not have access to the contents of the safe, which is usually serviced by a cash management company. More device located on their premises which validates the cash, counts it and stores it securely. At closing hours, PCS will then transfer the value of the day’s deposit to the retailer’s bank account. The cash, which is indemnified by PCS, is then securely held in the smart safeSecure container for storing money and valuables, with high resistance to breaking and entering. More until collected by the cash-in-transit van.”
“In a fast-moving world, businesses need access to their 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 quickly and cash on site is of little operational value to a retailer until it is banked… Our aim was to integrate finance and technology to create early value for the retailer regardless of size.”, Condron says.
Read more about their exchangeThe Eurosystem comprises the European Central Bank and the national central banks of those countries that have adopted the euro. More during their interview with The Irish Times.
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