Payment Change in India, Cash and Debit Still in the Game
A few days after celebrating its 90th anniversary, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shakti Kant Das has announced several new payment initiatives.
Free - May 22, 2024 midnight Read MorePayment Change in India, Cash and Debit Still in the Game
A few days after celebrating its 90th anniversary, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shakti Kant Das has announced several new payment initiatives.
Free - May 22, 2024 midnight Read MoreFederal Reserve Confident in the International Role of the Dollar
The Federal Reserve has published a paper on what happens to international payments and the role of the dollar should a US Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) be issued.
CBDC - March 26, 2024 midnight Read MoreDenmark to Change its Banknotes in Order to Keep Them
Danmarks Nationalbank has carried out an analysis of the role of cash in a low cash usage society.
Free - December 29, 2023 midnight Read MoreAccess to Cash in Canada
For countries experiencing ‘less cash’, it is becoming normal to measure the distance people must travel to access cash from an ATM, or in Canada’s case and automated banking machine (ABM), or branch of a financial institution. The Bank of Canada has released a paper describing its travel- based metric and the results.
Country Profile - November 28, 2023 midnight Read MoreCash in Sweden: the Reality
Bancomat AB was registered in 1968 in Sweden, and it is the second oldest ATM operator in the world. It was incorporated in 2010 and is owned by Danske bank, Nordea, Handelsbanken, SEB, Swedbank and some savings banks.
Country Profile - November 2, 2023 12:01 a.m. Read MoreArmaguard/Prosegur Merger Gets the Go-Ahead
Many countries are facing falling cash demand, which is causing problems in the cash cycle. This report, by Paul Blond of the Blond Group LLP, shows the compromises having to be made in Australia as a result.
Country Profile - June 26, 2023 midnight Read MoreIMF Praises India’s Digital Infrastructure
The IMF has issued a working paper ‘Stacking up the Benefits Lessons from India’s Digital Journey.’ In it, the IMF describes the achievement of India in creating a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) that delivers significant benefits.
Country Profile - May 12, 2023 midnight Read MoreMalaysia’s Automated Cash Centre Project
Yuserisal Mohd Noor, Head of Automated Cash Centre at Bank Negara Malaysia presented at the recent Silk Road Cash & Payments conference on the Bank's project to fully automate its cash centre.
Country Profile - April 24, 2023 12:01 a.m. Read MoreHungary Legislates on Minimum Requirements for Currency Infrastructure
Anikó Bódi-Schubert and Ágnes Illés Belházy have provided a short summary of the content of the new Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) regulation on the processing and distribution of banknotes, its main motives and its expected impact on domestic cash payments.
Free - April 24, 2023 midnight Read MoreExploring the Innovative Potential of the E-Krona
The Riksbank has issued its phase 3 report on its work to understand how an e-krona might work. This phase investigated how the Riksbank could collaborate with existing payment service providers to allow access to the e-krona based on the existing collaborative approaches.
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