Demand
Confidence in dollar undiminished since April, says BIS’s Shin
Institution’s head of monetary and economic policy says no hard evidence of shift from US currency
ECB could do more to internationalise euro – research
Becoming international lender of last resort, issuing safe assets could improve offshore use
Atlanta Fed clarifies contingencies ahead of hurricane season
Outages could affect bank supervision, discount window, cash, cheque and ACH processing
Ethiopian central bank orders branch reopening in conflict-affected areas
Banks must complete audits and collect non-performing loans
Demand for cash in turbulent times
Antti Heinonen analyses trends in cash use as Covid fades, but new shocks take its place
Kenyan governor denies shortage of small-denomination notes
Interior minister had claimed that politicians were draining supply to pay election bribes
Zimbabwe freezes all bank lending
President announces controls on money creation to stem decline of currency
Union objects to Colombian central bank’s branch closures
Bank of the Republic is converting some regional offices to cultural centres, closing treasuries
Australia’s central bank to review banknote distribution model
Decline in transactional cash usage has led to excess capacity
Canadians ditched cash during pandemic, research shows
Central bank data shows cash withdrawals fell in comparison to debit card transactions
UK public has ‘reasonable’ access to cash, regulators say
But pandemic made it difficult for people to access and pay with cash, new research finds
RBNZ to consider CBDC as cash use declines
Assistant governor says trust in financial system may be weakened by fall in cash use
BoE to close cash distribution centre in 2023
Cash operations will continue at Debden site while BoE reviews geographical footprint
Riksbank to open two contingency cash offices
Offices will be opened this year and next to guard against disruptions to cash supply
RBNZ governor: lawmakers must help preserve cash access
New Zealand governor says industry and politicians must respond to the rise of “less cash” society
Belgium to launch new ‘smart’ ATM network
Network will look to solve geographical disparity and maintain cash services
Are we sleepwalking into a cashless society?
Cash could be crowded out of the payment landscape if current trends continue, but should central banks be responsible for ensuring its survival?
De La Rue faces uncertain future as profits collapse
Profits plummet 87% as firm scrambles to cut costs
Cash increasingly used as store of value – BIS report
Cash “still king”, BIS authors say, but electronic payments are taking a bigger share of transactions
Rwanda central bank spearheading cashless movement
Central bank reports e-payments have increased to 34.6% of GDP, but says there is still work to be done
Demand for cash remains solid in many parts of the world
Sayuri Shirai re-examines the decline of cash use worldwide