Coins, often overlooked in sustainability debates, pose unique challenges. They are heavy, metal-intensive, and energy-hungry to produce. Yet they last far longer than notes—decades, sometimes centuries—and circulate widely. Making coins ...
The ultimate ambition for sustainable currency is not incremental improvement but transformation: a circular economy where resources are continually reused, waste is eliminated, and the lifecycle of money mirrors the ...
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 ...
Behind every note and coin lies a supply chain powered by energy—mining metals, spinning cotton fibres, producing polymers, running heavy presses, transporting notes to banks and ATMs. Each stage draws ...
At the conclusion of the association’s Global Currency Forum 2024 conference, the ICA members held their annual general meeting. Two delegates per ICA member company participate in this meeting. The ...
Press release, April 15, 2024 – The International Currency Association (ICA), the voice of the world’s currency sector, is delighted to announce that Zeiser GmbH has become a new member ...
ICA members at annual general meeting have appointed their new board. The new leadership will prioritise the planning for the 2024 Global Currency Forum and providing further value to the ...
The European Commission, the European Union’s legislator, has today published a proposal on the legal tender status of euro banknotes and coins. The International Currency Association (ICA), representing the global ...
Ahead of the vote in the European Parliament’s joint committees Economic and Monetary Affairs and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs now announced for 28 March 2023 on a piece ...
“Yesterday, a power fault at a single data centre in London left millions of people unable to pay by card, transfer money or withdraw cash from their app. Drivers could ...
On 15 October 2026, the International Currency Association (ICA) held the first ICA Women in Currency gathering at the margins of the Intergraf conference in Copenhagen. Look at a photo ...
The Board brings together leaders from across the currency industry, with members from each of the ICA’s membership categories: Medium & Large Currency Members Marilou Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian ...
