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White Paper "Virtually Irreplaceable: Cash as Public Infrastructure"

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Cash is king in a winter wonderland, finds Post Office® research

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Four common myths about cash

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Deutsche Bundesbank study sheds light on cash use and the shadow economy

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Honk if you love cash-friendly road tolls!

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Are reports on the death of cash fake news?

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Cash is still king in the USA, finds GOBankingRates survey

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Cash is king in a winter wonderland, finds Post Office® research

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"Cash use in Germany", a study on the extent of illicit payments (Deutsche Bundesbank, 2019)

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Cash is still king in the USA, finds GOBankingRates

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10th IMF Financial Access Survey (FAS)

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Cash is still king across Europe, USA and Australia finds 2019 ING International Survey

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European consumer protection agency makes case for cash

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World Payments Report 2019

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Top 10 ATM-rich countries, according to the 9th IMF Financial Access Survey (FAS)

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Cash Me If You Can: The Impacts of Cashless Businesses... (Federal Reserve, 2019)

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Events
September 21st-24th, 2020: The Global Currency Forum in Barcelona, Spain November 25th-27th, 2019: The High Security Printing Asia Conference in Yokohama, Japan November 12th-15th, 2019: The Americas Cash Cycle Seminar in Boston, MA, USA October 14th-16th, 2019: The Coin Conference in Rome, Italy September 23rd-26th, 2019: The Asia Cash Cycle Seminar (ICCOS) in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 27th-28th, 2019: The Africa Global Payment Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa June 3rd-6th, 2019: The High Security Printing Latin America Conference in Costa Rica
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In the UK,

6 in 10

people will choose cash for Christmas shopping and activities

(Post Office®, 2019)

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In the USA,

37%

of people prefer cash

(GOBankingRates, 2019)

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In the USA,

39%

of people who prefer cash say it’s because it helps them budget

(GOBankingRates, 2019)

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In Canada, there are

220.6 ATMs

per 100,000 people

(IMF, 2018)

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In Austria, there are

168.89 ATMs

per 100,000 people

(IMF, 2018)

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In Portugal, there are

165.69 ATMs

per 100,000 people

(IMF, 2018)

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In San Marino, there are

191.64 ATMs

per 100,000 people

(IMF, 2018)

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In Bolivia, there are

40.49 ATMs

per 100,000 people

(IMF, 2018)

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In Macao, there are

324.6 ATMs

per 100,000 people

(IMF, 2018)

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