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Currency Associations Join Forces, For A Strengthened, Unified Voice for Cash

ICA Brief

Role of Cash in Consumer Resilience and Freedom to Choose – IMIA’s Response to EU Consumer Agenda 2025-2030

ICA Brief

Cash Legislation Initiatives in European Economic Area 2022-2024 – Overview

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Press Release

Currency Associations Join Forces, For A Strengthened, Unified Voice for Cash

The International Currency Association and International Mint Industry Association unite to create a stronger global voice for cash, banknotes and coins, and elevate the Global Currency Forum 2026. – The ...

ICA Brief

Role of Cash in Consumer Resilience and Freedom to Choose – IMIA’s Response to EU Consumer Agenda 2025-2030

Cash serves as an important consumer protection instrument — it safeguards competition and preserves real payment choice. The ease with which consumers can access, deposit, and reliably pay with cash, ...

ICA Brief

Cash Legislation Initiatives in European Economic Area 2022-2024 – Overview

The IMIA has been actively following and engaging with central banks and policymakers on the euro cash legislative proposal as well as national cash infrastructure and access and/or acceptance conditions ...

ICA Brief

Pro-active Policies for Cash Payment Habit Key for Crisis-Resilience

· Due to its unique crisis-resilience and crisis-prevention attributes, euro cash infrastructure needs to be legally secured and uniformly supported, guaranteeing easy-and-convenient access and widely applied mandatory acceptance. · Private ...

ICA Position Paper

IMIA’ Position on the European Commission’s Draft Regulation on the Legal Tender of Euro Banknotes and Coins

The IMIA calls for clarity on whether the Proposal implies and guarantees euro cash payments acceptance obligation at point-of-sale. The IMIA is concerned that the obligation for Member States to ...

ICA Position Paper

Clarifying the Legal Tender Status of Euro Banknotes and Coins

IMIA is of the opinion that it is needed to guarantee absolute obligation to accept cash payments at the point-of-sale, business-to-consumer or government service-to-consumer transactions, uniformly across the eurozone, securing ...

ICA Brief

The Case for Cash: Freedom of Choice

IMIA’s view on why it is pertinent to promote and maintain cash payments as reliable and viable and free consumer choice option and therefore advocating safeguarding and investing in cash ...

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ICA Welcomes Strong EU Measures to Protect Cash Payments, Calls for Even Greater Safeguards

New EU Parliament Report on Legal Tender Regulation Is a Key Step to Protect Our Freedom to Pay with Cash, Says International Currency Association The International Currency Association (ICA) welcomes ...

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Bitcoin Consumes as Much Electricity as Argentina—Cash Is the Sustainable Alternative

Bitcoin consumes as much electricity as an entire country—Argentina. That striking fact, highlighted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), should give every policymaker pause. While the digital payment world is ...

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Currency Associations Join Forces, For A Strengthened, Unified Voice for Cash

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ICA Welcomes Strong EU Measures to Protect Cash Payments, Calls for Even Greater Safeguards

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Frane Maroević appointed general director of the International Currency Association (ICA)

The International Currency Association (ICA), a global organisation dedicated to promoting cash as a cornerstone of secure and inclusive payment systems, is delighted to announce the appointment of Frane Maroević ...