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

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

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

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Cash is Class: Ethics in the Future of Payments

How we pay is more than a technical choice. In a world racing toward digital everything, it is a statement of who we are. Payment systems do not just move ...

Cash as a Public Good: Protecting Local Economies from Bank Fees

For many, cash is more than a payment method. It is a lifeline, a tool for control over spending, and a driver of local economic circulation. Consider a simple £50 ...

Kenya’s Parliament Endorses Landmark Bill to Protect Cash Users

The Kenyan National Assembly’s Committee on Finance and National Planning has recently endorsed an amendment to the Central Bank of Kenya Bill to protect the use of cash in face-to-face ...

Cash Access and the New Legal Frontiers

Governments across continents are waking up to the manufactured scarcity of cash—think mass closures of bank branches and a shrinking ATM network, as well as unparalleled marketing and lobbying from ...

The Manufactured Myth of Convenience: Why Cash Still Matters

You’ve seen them everywhere. Those glossy advertisements painting a picture of payment perfection: the cheerful barista, the customer effortlessly waving their phone over a sleek terminal, the street vendor sporting ...

Komori Rejoins the International Currency Association

The International Currency Association (ICA) is pleased to announce that Komori has rejoined the association. At its meeting on 27 June, the ICA Board of Directors unanimously approved Komori’s application ...

Cash Is Not King — It’s Democratic

I’m seeing some truly ridiculous advertising campaigns and arguments online about whether cash is still king. Honestly, this whole debate completely misses the point. Cash isn’t about royalty or exclusivity. ...

Standing Up for Cash: A Coalition Meets MEP Fernando Navarrete Rojas in Brussels to Defend Legal Tender

On Friday, 27 June, a delegation of Trade Associations and Organisations, which strongly advocate for the benefits of cash in society that support cash, met with Fernando Navarrete Rojas MEP, ...

The Case for Cash in a Digital Age

In our inaugural episode, we ask a deceptively simple question: what happens when money goes fully digital—and who stands to lose? From silent costs like lost privacy and data tracking, ...

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