Prepaid debit cards. The other anonymous payments method

When it comes to financial privacy, good old fashioned banknotes and privacy cr…

Death of a Northern Irish banknote

I was disappointed to see that First Trust Bank, a commercial bank based in Nor…

Europe's SWIFT problem

SWIFT headquarters in Belgium ( source ) German foreign minister Heiko Maas rec…

The €300 million cash withdrawal

The eyes of the world are on one of history's largest cash withdrawals ever…

Critiquing the Carney critique of central bank digital currency

Over on the message board we've been discussing the implications of centra…

Central banks shouldn't ignore their duty to provide anonymity

Cross section of a banknote with a cotton paper core surrounded by two layers o…

The dematerialization of cash

"One dollar bill," watercolour by Adam Lister ( source ) R3, a compan…