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Glimpses of a cash-free world, and how it might be avoided

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  • Delnevo, Ron

    (ATM Industry Association, UK)

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This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of society operating with less or, indeed, no cash. While the paper has a particular focus on Sweden and India, it also draws on examples from other markets with differing views and approaches regarding the importance of cash in general and payment choice in particular. The key issues in this debate typically focus on cost, convenience/speed of transactions, crime, economic activity, employment and payment choice. After considering each of these in turn, the paper concludes that while a cash-free world might suit certain commercial interests, it would not be in the public interest. It then briefly turns its attention to steps that might be taken at governmental level to ensure that cash remains on the payment choice menu for the public everywhere.

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  • Delnevo, Ron, 2020. "Glimpses of a cash-free world, and how it might be avoided," Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 14(1), pages 25-31, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jpss00:y:2020:v:14:i:1:p:25-31
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    Keywords

    cash; cash-free; cost; economic activity; public interest; payment choice;
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    JEL classification:

    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

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