Currency sector association signs sector-wide sustainability charter at Annual General Meeting
September 25, 2020 ICA Editor News, Press ReleaseCash is a public good – it promotes social inclusion and protects personal freedom and privacy. Around the world, cash is used in the vast majority of payments. It should also be as sustainable as possible across its supply chain – as banknote, ink, paper, coin and payment system leaders …
Fighting fake news around cash and covid
August 7, 2020 ICA Editor News, Press ReleaseThe International Currency Association (ICA), representing the currency sector, has worked with partners since the beginning of this unprecedented public health crisis to highlight verified information on COVID-19 from central banks, health ministries and academics – governments and research institutes around the world have affirmed that there is no evidence …
Retailers should ensure freedom of choice in payments
July 2, 2020 ICA Editor Press ReleaseThe world of payments has changed radically in recent years – and the European Commission is seeking to build a new strategy on retail payments, through a consultation that closed last week. The International Currency Association (ICA), the voice of the currency sector and a key advocate for cash, believes …
ICA Information on Cash and Pandemic
April 29, 2020 ICA Editor NewsThe ICA is concerned by the rise of misinformation regarding the use of banknotes and coins as the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ICA would therefore like to refer to the following statements and references from medical and cash experts. ICA Information On Cash & Pandemic
Cash matters – now, more than ever, in the time of coronavirus
April 15, 2020 ICA Editor Press ReleaseGroups representing the currency, ATM, transportation and security sectors call on governments, central banks, media, business and society to stand up for cash to protect the resilience of the existing payment ecosystem and ensure vulnerable groups are not deprived of the only means of payment that is available to all. …
New Director General for the International Currency Association
March 31, 2020 ICA Editor Press ReleaseThe Board of the International Currency Association (ICA) has appointed Ms Jutta Buyse as Director General, effective April 1, 2020. Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, Chairman of the ICA Board, comments: “The role of the ICA as the association of the currency industry will continue to grow. In Jutta Buyse, who brings …
EBA recommendation of 25/3/2020
March 31, 2020 ICA Editor NewsThe ICA has expressed its concern regarding the EBA’s recent recommendation to use contactless payments in order to avoid contamination with the COVID-19 virus. Inaccurate links have been drawn between the use of cash as a payment medium and the spread of COVID-19. Several central banks have now confirmed that …
Deutsche Bundesbank – Cash poses no particular risk of infection for public
March 18, 2020 ICA Editor NewsBundesbank Executive Board member Johannes Beermann has indicated that the risk of picking up coronavirus via cash is extremely minimal. In a press briefing at the Bundesbank, Mr Beermann noted that “the probability of becoming ill from handling cash is smaller than from many other objects used in everyday life”. …
WHO: “Banknotes DO NOT carry the Corona virus”
March 9, 2020 ICA Editor NewsThe WHO retracted its recommendation from last week to go cashless (“We did NOT say that cash was transmitting coronavirus”, Fadela Chaib, spokesperson World Health Organization As quoted by MarketWatch) which it had issued despite assurances by central banks, e.g. the ECB or the Bundesbank, and medical experts that banknotes …
Top 20 studies on why cash matters for 2020
February 24, 2020 ICA Editor Other SourcesPart One (10/20) “Global Cash Report” (G4S, April 2018) Cash Matters Summary “The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018” (World Bank, April 2018) Cash Matters Summary “BIS Quarterly Review” March 2018 (feature: “Payments are a-changin’ but cash still rules,”) (Bank of International Settlements, 2018) Cash Matters Summary “The use of …
ICA Annual Report 2018-9
January 23, 2020 ICA Editor ReportAs we are looking back to a productive period for the International Currency Association secretariat and its members, this annual report gives up an opportunity to reflect on the past two years and to share some of the results. ICA Annual Report 2018 9
Virtually Irreplaceable – Cash Is a Public Good
November 1, 2019 ICA Editor ReportCash Matters, a movement by the International Currency Association (ICA), issued a study today that makes the case for cash as a public good, “Virtually Irreplaceable: Cash as Public Infrastructure.” The paper by Dr. Ursula Dalinghaus, Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Ripon College and affiliated scholar at the Institute for …
Keeping Cash: Assessing the Arguments about Cash and Crime
October 28, 2019 ICA Editor ReportOver the last decade there has been a revolution in payment technologies. Digitization of bank accounts, new digital payment applications, and an array of new kinds of financial products and services have opened up a wide range of choices for storing, saving, sending, and receiving money. Digital finance has become …
The African Cash Report 2018
October 10, 2019 ICA Editor ReportAfrica is a large continent with a population of over 1.2 billion people spread over 54 countries. It is therefore difficult to get a single picture of what istypical of Africa. By focusing on a handful of countries spread across Africa, this report aims to give a snapshot of the …
Cash as a Public Good – the Expert View
August 26, 2019 ICA Editor NewsA couple of weeks ago, Cash Matters, the pro-cash movement of the International Currency Association (ICA), published the white paper ‘Virtually Irreplaceable – Cash as a Public Infrastructure’ by Dr Ursula Dalinghaus, making a case for how and why cash must be understood as a ‘public good’. Dr Dalinghaus, Visiting …
ICA Welcomes Two New Members
May 15, 2019 ICA Editor Press ReleaseGietz AG was founded in Switzerland in 1892. Gietz has concentrated on the four technology fields of foil stamping, embossing, combination foiling and embossing, and hologram transfer. Foil stamping machines from Gietz are recognised by printers worldwide as industry leading products from professionals for professionals. KRYPTEN RPC, based in Russia, …
Currency Community can Create the Most Cost Effective Billboard Campaign of all Time
April 14, 2019 ICA Editor NewsThroughout the history of our industry, cash as a payment mechanism has held a strong position in the ‘exchange of value’ market and as such there was little need to encourage the use of cash – it was an essential public service provided free of charge to the people. Now …
ICA Presentations
March 28, 2019 ICA Editor PresentationThe ICA presented at a number of conferences: (contact [email protected] to receive a copy) High Security Printing Asia, Hanoi, 3-5 December 2018 The International Money Transfer, Remittances & X-Border Payments Conference , Miami, Florida 13-16 November 2018 25th World Congress of Savings and Retail Banks , New Delhi, 15-16 November 2018 Mint and …
ICA Appoints Susanne Maise as Director General
February 15, 2019 ICA Editor Press ReleaseThe Board of the International Currency Association (ICA) has appointed Dr. Susanne Maise as Director General, effective February 15th, 2019. “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Maise on board at an exciting time for our industry”, said Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, Chairman of the ICA Board. “Her track record in successfully …
The Forum for the Cash Community
January 4, 2019 ICA Editor NewsIn 2016 the International Currency Association was formed to create a cohesive voice for the industry. Two years on, the ICA is launching its own event. The Global Currency Forum is being presented as a bold new proposition for a new era – a flagship, future-focused, thought-leadership forum that aims …
ICA Brochure
November 28, 2016 ICA Editor NewsIn 2016, the International Currency Association (ICA) was established as the collective voice for the currency industry, representing stakeholders across the entire payment landscape. ICA – Brochure
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