Inflation

After record growth in 2020, global demand for banknotes has returned to a normal situation. More recently, rising inflation and increasing interest rates have been negatively impacting cash balances. More concerning is the decreasing transactional use of cash, which puts pressure on the cash infrastructure. The cash community should make the case that cash is part of a critical public infrastructure, the maintenance and development of which should be financed accordingly.

Many U.S. customers are racking up credit card debt to make ends meet during the cost-of-living crisis.

There are many cases in history where a country ceases to exist literally overnight, but what happens to its currency? Read the case of the DDR, or the reunification of Germany.

The Venezuelan crisis results in an unprecedented scarcity of cash, forcing banks to impose absurd cash withdrawal restrictions as ATMs remains empty.