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Stronger Together – Reflections on GCF 2026

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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