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John Winchcombe

13 Aug. 2026

7 min read

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LinkedIn clings on to its business usefulness despite starting to look like ‘social media’. Within interest communities, such as people and organisations interested in cash and payments, there continue to be posts that make you think.

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John Winchcombe

27 July 2026

4 min read

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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has published a position paper outlining its Cash Smart Strategy, which aims to reduce the cost of cash, ensure it is broadly and equitably accessible across urban and rural areas and promote the ethical, secure and accountable stewardship of physical currency.

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John Winchcombe

19 July 2026

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John Winchcombe

2 July 2026

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The UK Government has commissioned an independent review to examine the impact of bank branch closures.

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John Winchcombe

28 May 2026

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In a speech at the Banknote Conference on payment choice by Victoria Cleland, the Bank of England’s Executive Director, Payments, cash took centre stage.

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John Winchcombe

23 April 2026

6 min read

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OMFIF, an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy and public investment, has argued that cash plays a systemic role that no digital payment instrument, no matter how sophisticated, can replicate.

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John Winchcombe

27 March 2026

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73.4% of voters endorsed a government proposal to guarantee the right to use cash, require the Swiss National Bank to maintain adequate supplies of notes and coins, and stipulate a nationwide vote to replace the Swiss franc with another currency.

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John Winchcombe

27 Feb. 2026

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In Germany, consumers can pay in unlimited amounts of cash. Only for sums over €10,000 do buyers have to prove their identity and prove the origin of the money.

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John Winchcombe

20 Jan. 2026

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Data from LINK, in the UK, shows that compared to 2024 ATM transaction volumes were 1.27 billion (down 8.3%) and withdrawal values were £76.67billion (down 4.2%). The average ATM withdrawal value in 2025 was £92.11.

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John Winchcombe

19 Dec. 2025

5 min read

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Nigeria’s federal government has banned the use of physical cash for revenue payments and directed all ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to deploy point-of-sale terminals within 45 days, as part of a sweeping shift toward full electronic revenue collection.

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John Winchcombe

25 Nov. 2025

5 min read

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Reuter has reported that Visa and Mastercard have agreed a $38 billion settlement with US retailers over interchange fees by agreeing to cut interchange fees, which typically average 2-2.5% per transaction, by a tenth of a percentage point over several years.

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John Winchcombe

30 Oct. 2025

5 min read

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A new NCR Atleos white paper on cash in the digital age reminds readers that the word ‘ATM’ is like the word ‘Google’: It’s a verb, it’s a noun and it’s something that’s just readily understood all over the world.’

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John Winchcombe

24 Sept. 2025

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Over the last five years the UK has closed a higher percentage of branches (34%) than almost all European countries, less than Spain (37%) and the Netherlands (48%).

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John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2025

5 min read

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European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone has confirmed in a speech the ECB’s view that euro cash will remain essential alongside a digital euro, emphasising its role as a stable medium of exchange and store of value.

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John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

5 min read

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Over 80% of online merchants offer payment by Cash on Delivery (CoD) in markets such as Greece, Bulgaria and Slovakia.

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John Winchcombe

30 June 2025

5 min read

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May’s edition of Cash & Payment News™ reported on a recent Bank of Canada staff paper updating a previous study on access to cash in Canada. Hot on its heels is a new paper that moves the topic forward.

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John Winchcombe

30 June 2025

5 min read

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A survey of UK consumers by LHV Bank finds growing frustration with both traditional and digital banks.

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John Winchcombe

21 May 2025

4 min read

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The latest US survey and diary of consumer payment choice compared October 2023 with October 2024.

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John Winchcombe

21 May 2025

5 min read

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The Nordic countries – Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia – are reacting to risks to the payment system by working together on offline payments.

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John Winchcombe

28 April 2025

5 min read

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Auriga, which creates omnichannel banking software, has published a white paper on a net zero cash management strategy. The paper starts by raising the question of just how green digital payments actually are before going on to focus on cash.

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