Cash
Banque de France says printworks are going ahead
Staff end strike as central bank agrees to appoint ergonomist to help in design of new plant
Eastern Caribbean will drop UK monarch from notes
Heads of government decide to place ECCU’s symbol on new series of notes
Government and opposition both reject Bank of Uganda rumours
Governor’s position remains unfilled 19 months after previous incumbent died
Cash for a very rainy, tremorous or lava-filled day
Are central banks well-positioned to keep cash flowing during natural disasters?
Guillermo Avellán on BCE independence, capacity-building and dollarisation
Central Bank of Ecuador general manager speaks about the need to bolster the central bank’s legal autonomy, dollarisation challenges, payments developments and monetising local gold production
IMF grants Burundi $271 million loan
Burundi must liberalise currency regime, end central bank financing and tighten policy
Banknote round-up: Belize may replace UK monarch’s image
Argentina releases new 1000 peso note while Chile reports shortage of smallest denomination
Senad Softić on governance, currency boards and EU convergence challenges
Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about improving governance in a political vacuum, managing a currency board amid rip-sawing euro rates, resolving Gazprom’s local units, modernising payments and meeting EU convergence criteria
Currency round-up: New yen banknotes to arrive in July 2024
De La Rue outlook brightens; Egypt continues transition to polymer; and more
EC proposes legal tender status for digital euro
Legislation envisages digital wallet available on- and offline, while safeguarding cash
Ex-Fed vice-chair Quarles linked to bank seeking master account
Quarles’s involvement recalls controversy over Sarah Bloom Raskin
RBI’s Shaktikanta Das on financial sector reform, sticking to inflation targets and the e-rupee
The Reserve Bank of India governor speaks about developing credible self-insurance and sizeable FX reserves, inter-dependence with government, non-bank and bank regulatory reforms, demonetisation, rupee internationalisation and daily UPI payments hitting…
Legislation is needed for future-reliable cash infrastructure
Dutch finance ministry’s recognition of cash’s “very important” role in payments and financial system functioning is crucial to safeguarding access and acceptance, says Martina Horakova
Cash here to stay, at least as a store of value
Central Banking Summer Meetings: As cash use in payments decline, it may become unprofitable for private actors
Chile’s cash use has rebounded since pandemic, survey finds
Cash remains the primary payment method for small purchases, though card use has risen
Offline digital euro solution could be years away, ECB says
Central bank invited market participants, including Amazon, to carry out front-end protocol tests that included self-custody wallets
Currency round-up: India withdraws 2,000-rupee note
De La Rue replaces chair; Canada and Philippines win currency awards; and more
UK regulator and police raid crypto ATM sites
There are no legally registered crypto ATMs in the UK
Fintech Benchmarks 2023 – presentation
Specialist Joasia E. Popowicz discusses CBDCs, cyber security, AI/ML in regtech, suptech and cloud computing
Bank of Canada consults public on CBDC design
But central bank says CBDC not needed “at this time”
Fed triennial study shows rapid growth in electronic payments
ACH payments contributed to 90% of non-cash payment value increases in three years
Cuba will again allow dollar cash deposits
Decision reverses ban in place since June 2021
Currency round-up: De La Rue issues profit warning
Central African central bank to release new coins; and more
Sweden does not yet need CBDC, inquiry finds
Report recommends strengthening access to cash and other offline payment methods