The Future of Cash 

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Istanbul, Türkiye | 6-8 November 2023

About The Future of Cash

The Future of Cash Conference, to be held in Istanbul on November 6,7 and 8, 2023, will bring together all stakeholders of the cash community to discuss new strategies to design the cash cycle of the future.

The Future of Cash conference was the first of its kind to bring together all stakeholders involved in the cash cycle. It typically attracts delegates from central banks, financial institutions, retailers, cash management companies, technology providers and other suppliers.

The Future of Cash conference focuses on understanding the changing cash environment and what stakeholders are doing to optimise the cash cycle and ensure the future viability and sustainability of cash. It brings together all stakeholders to discuss new strategies for creating the cash cycle of the future.

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Programme

Monday 6 November 2023

Research Seminar is Cash a Public Good? Is Cash a Basic Right?

The two main criteria that define a public good are that it must be non-rivalrous and non-excludable. Non-rivalrous means that the goods do not dwindle in supply as more people consume them; non-excludability means that the good is available to all citizens.

Examples of public goods include law enforcement, national defense, and the rule of law. Public goods also refer to more basic goods, such as access to clean air and drinking water. 

Based on this definition sensu stricto, cash does not qualify to the non-rivalrous criterion. Two persons may not use the same banknote or coin simultaneously. If more people use cash, cash in circulation increases. However, the institution “cash” could qualify as a public good.

As part of its ongoing work on the Future of Money, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand initiated a comprehensive public consultation. In September 2021, the RBNZ wrote “Some respondents considered access to cash as a basic human right, stating they value the privacy it provides and its tangibility, as well as being an alternative for those with a low level of trust in banks or the government.”

Many central banks and regulators have identified a number of challenges for the cash cycle including: access to cash; acceptance of cash; efficiency of the cash cycle; resilience; protection of privacy and civil liberties.

If cash were defined as a public good or a basic right, would it be easier to meet these challenges? Would this redefine the role of stakeholders in the future cash cycle? Could it be argued that there are alternatives options to deliver the perceived benefits of cash?

This seminar will bring together researchers from academia and central banks to discuss the issue and the implications for the organization of the cash cycle.

Tuesday 7 November 2023

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09:00 Setting the Scene

Welcome Message

Nurettin Tüysüz

Central Bank of Türkiye (Türkiye)

Overview and Challenges of the Turkish Cash Cycle

Berk Yücel Balkiz

Central Bank of Türkiye (Türkiye)

The Crossroads of Cash: Doing Things Differently in a Decade of Change

Kathleen Young

Federal Reserve Financial Services (USA)

The ECB Cash 2030 Strategy

Olivier Strube

European Central Bank

10:20 Session Q&A
10:45 Break – Refreshments

11:15 – Understanding the Cash Paradox

The Demand for Cash in Turbulent Times: A Global Update

Antti Heinonen

Bank of Finland, External (Finland)

Factors Determining the Cash Demand Patterns in the Eurozone and Hungary

Ildikó Ritzl-Kazimir

Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungary)

Usage and Perception of Cash in France

Marc Schwartz

Monnaie de Paris (France)

12:20 Session Q&A
12:45 Lunch

14:00 Round Table Conversations

In these workshops, participants will deploy their collective intelligence to assess and discuss some of the key challenges and opportunities facing the future of cash. The workshop will offer the opportunity to analyse the burning questions, ranging from declining transactional demand for cash; the need for a more resilient cash cycle in a multi-crises environment or the loss of privacy in a less-cash environment. The workshop will take participants beyond deterministic extrapolations and techno-fatalism to examine changes that are inspired by open and creative futures.

The Round Table topics will include:

  • Access to Cash
  • Acceptance of Cash
  • Redesigning the cash cycle
  • CashTech and Innovation
  • Cash & CBDC
  • Cash and Crises
  • The environmental sustainability of cash
  • How to fund the cash cycle
  • Data management
15:35 Break – Refreshments

16:00 The Cash Cycle in a Digital World

The Future of Cash in Pakistan

Aftab Baloch

Federal Board of Revenue (Pakistan)

Syed Faizan Haider Shah

Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (Pakistan)

Innovation in the South African Cash Cycle

David Little

SBV Services (South Africa)

Solly Bellingan

BankservAfrica (South Africa)

The Environmental Footprint of Cash in the €-Zone

Christophe Baud-Berthier

Banque de France (France)

Cash, Connected: Building a Cash Strategy for a Changing World

Carly Sutherland

Natwest Group (UK)

17:40 Session Q&A
18:00 End Day One

Wednesday 8 November 2023

09:00 Redesigning the Cash Cycle

The Role of Circulating Coins in the Future Cash Cycle

Marie Lemay

Royal Canadian Mint (Canada)

Cash of the Future

Katrina Brendle

Deutsche Bundesbank (Germany)

Kerstin Lorek

Deutsche Bundesbank (Germany)

The Multibank Cash Services Management Model

Levent Kocabıyık

Bantas (Türkiye)

Cash System Redesign in the Netherlands

Roel van Anholt

De Nederlandsche Bank (Netherlands)

10:30 Session Q&A
10:55 Break – Refreshments

11:25 Resilience by design

The Need for Cash in Times of Crisis – A Concept to Strengthen the Resilience of the Cash Cycle

Tim Stuchtey

The Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS) (Germany)

The Commercial cash market in Türkiye & Garanti BBVA’s CIT business

Alper Sayin

GarantiBBVA (Türkiye)

Humanitarian Cash & Disaster Resilience

James Shepherd-Barron

Disaster Risk Management Consultant (UK)

12:25 Session Q&A
12:50 Lunch

14:05 Workshop – The Best Defence is Offence: Pioneering a Cash Narrative to Defeat Cashless Propaganda

Brett Scott
Monetary Anthropologist

The digital payments industry invests heavily into turning the public against cash, and they currently dominate the narrative about the future of money. To counter this, we must step outside the terms of the debate that they have set down and reframe cash as a crucial future-facing form of money that will only get more important with time. In this workshop we’ll brainstorm framings, arguments and slogans that will catch the imagination of the public.

 

15:20 Break – Refreshments

15:50 CashTech : how to Boost Innovation in the Cash Cycle?

Cashtech is the encounter of cash and technology. It brings together innovative companies who leverage software and new communications technologies to improve cash services, including access o cash for consumers and businesses; facilitating the acceptance of cash across by retailers across all channels; enhancing the overall efficiency, resilience and sustainability of cash.

The panel will discuss the latest developments and trends in the CashTech space as well as the regulatory and competitive barriers faced by new entrants in the cash space.


Barry Röhrs
, Röhrs  Associates

Sandipan Chakraborty, Sonect

16:30 Session Q&A

16:55 CashTech Innovation Awards

The CashTech Innovation Awards will celebrate the huge advances being made in harnessing digital technology to ensure an accessible, reliable and sustainable future for cash. There are three categories.

  • Best CashTech – open to all organisations
  • Best CashTech Innovator – open to start-ups and companies founded after 2016
  • Best CashTech Start-Up – open to start-ups companies founded after 2020
17:25 Farewell Drink

Our Venue

Sheraton Istanbul City Centre

Sheraton Istanbul City Center, a LEED Gold certified hotel located in the bustling Beyoglu district, is the ultimate place to catch up with friends, organize business meetings, host unforgettable events and experience Istanbul to the fullest. 

Sheraton Istanbul City Center
Haci Ahmet Mah
Kurtulus Deresi Cad. No:23 Beyoğlu
Istanbul, Türkiye, 34440

Tel: +90 212-8061010
Website

Rooms start from EUR 140 a night.
Inclusive of breakfast and Wi-Fi but exclusive of taxes.

Delegate Fees

Standard Delegate

€1,950 – Ends 15 Sept. 2023
€2,250 – After 15 Sept. 2023

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