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John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

IMF Concludes Cash Usage Falling Globally

While data about digital payments is usually good, measuring cash is problematic. Understanding cash usage is important for regulatory authorities. IMF Working Paper WP/23/62 explores the measurement of cash based on ATM cash withdrawals value as an alternative to the traditional cash in circulation as a proportion of GDP method.

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John Winchcombe

23 Feb. 2023

4 min read

Dutch Struggle with Digital Payments, and Ability to Pay in Cash

At the end of 2011, the Netherlands had 2,654 bank branches. At the end of 2021 this had fallen to 726, and not all of those provided over the counter cash services. At the same time, more than 4% of retailers now inform customers that they don’t accept cash.

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John Winchcombe

31 Jan. 2023

4 min read

An ABC of Carbon Offsetting

There will be very few organisations that can eliminate carbon emissions completely, and most organisations are going to take a number of years to get anywhere close.

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John Winchcombe

28 Dec. 2022

2 min read

The Power of Cash

Two MBA students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wanted to give a percentage of their income in cash to impoverished people. They had studied the impact of government schemes in Mexico and Brazil and the results led them to want to take the same approach.

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John Winchcombe

6 Dec. 2022

10 min read

Sustainability Takes Centre Stage

If you were not in Edinburgh for the Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum™ you missed something special, the first ever event dedicated to sustainability for this industry.

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John Winchcombe

4 Nov. 2022

5 min read

The Challenge of Greenwashing

Danmarks Nationalbank has issued a paper ‘Corporate CO2 communication is Not Associated with Fewer Emissions’. In the paper, annual reports of 141 large European companies were analysed to compare their communications about CO2 equivalent emissions with past, present and future developments in emissions.

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John Winchcombe

4 Nov. 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub have been working on Project Aurum.

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John Winchcombe

2 Oct. 2022

3 min read

The Difficulties in Identifying the Cost of Payments

The Future of Cash conference had a special seminar dedicated to the cost of payments with presentations by the US Federal Reserve, SNB, Bundesbank, ECB and Tobias Truetsch from the University of St Gallen.

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John Winchcombe

29 Aug. 2022

4 min read

Turkey: The Role of Financial Literacy as a Driver of Cash Demand

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has used its October 2020 Methods of Payment Survey (MPS) to explore the role of financial literacy as a driver of cash usage.

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John Winchcombe

31 July 2022

4 min read

ESG: In Need of a Clean Up

The Economist magazine issued a special report on Environment, Society and Governance (ESG) in its 23 July 2022 edition. It describes ESG as having had a ‘negligible impact on carbon emissions’.

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John Winchcombe

3 July 2022

2 min read

Working Together to Save the Planet

The Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum™ takes place in Edinburgh 14-16 November. While COP 27 is an alternative option given that it is taking place in Egypt at the same time, the Sustainability Forum will be more useful for those working at the sharp end of the cash and payments industry.

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John Winchcombe

3 July 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Hong Kong Innovation Hub will start Project Selah in the third quarter of 2022. The project sees the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Israel working together, with the BIS, to test a two-tier system.

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John Winchcombe

7 June 2022

3 min read

What Drives Cash Usage in Turkey?

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey carried out its first ever Methods of Payment Survey in September/October 2020.

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John Winchcombe

7 June 2022

1 min read

Expert Forum for Sustainability

A Cash and Payments Sustainability Forum™ will be held in Edinburgh in the UK on 15-16 November. More information about the event can be found at cashandpaymentsustainabilityforum.com.

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John Winchcombe

1 May 2022

3 min read

DNB Payment Strategy Published

The Dutch National Bank (DNB) has published its Payment Strategy 2022-2025. The strategy has three priorities; ensuring access to payments, maintaining a robust and reliable payment structure, and strengthening European and global payments, leveraging the Dutch experience.

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John Winchcombe

29 March 2022

5 min read

Payment News

In 2020 consumers made 15.5 billion debit card payments in the UK. Mastercard has just said that over half of the world’s in person payments are now made using contactless technology.

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John Winchcombe

22 Feb. 2022

3 min read

Financial Inclusion and Access to Cash

In countries where less cash is already underway, there is an underlying assumption that it is only a matter of time before cash will reach a tipping point that makes digital payments a requirement. The unstated assumption is that cash will end, and that digital is the future. There is an urgency, therefore, to make digital payments work.

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John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2022

3 min read

The Political Economy of Central Bank Independence

Seigniorage income has long been a central bank source of finance which, if allowed to be retained, means central banks do not require direct funding from the government of the day in their country.

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John Winchcombe

21 Dec. 2021

4 min read

2021: A Year in Review

12 editions of Cash & Payment News™, 12 weeks of Digital Currency News™. What have we learnt? What has changed?

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John Winchcombe

26 Nov. 2021

4 min read

The Role of Cash in a Digital World

David Sax, a journalist, has written a book ‘Revenge of the Analog: Real things and why they matter’. He makes an interesting case for analogue products such as banknotes. The digital world has been with us for over 20 years, and it has brought significant benefits, usually related to convenience, choice and cost.

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IMF Concludes Cash Usage Falling Globally

Dutch Struggle with Digital Payments, and Ability to Pay in Cash

An ABC of Carbon Offsetting

The Power of Cash

Sustainability Takes Centre Stage

The Challenge of Greenwashing

CBDC Round Up

The Difficulties in Identifying the Cost of Payments

Turkey: The Role of Financial Literacy as a Driver of Cash Demand

ESG: In Need of a Clean Up

Working Together to Save the Planet

CBDC Round Up

What Drives Cash Usage in Turkey?

Expert Forum for Sustainability

DNB Payment Strategy Published

Payment News

Financial Inclusion and Access to Cash

The Political Economy of Central Bank Independence

2021: A Year in Review

The Role of Cash in a Digital World

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