With the UK at risk of losing thousands of ATMs, new Positive Money research recommends that the Government gives regulators the role of …
Digital Cash
Over three quarters of Britons deem free ATMs ‘essential’, as new report calls on Government to defend access to cash
77% of GB adults say it is either ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ essential for them to personally be able to access a free-to-use ATM …
New paper calls for digital cash implementation in the Eurozone
Today, the Dutch NGO Ons Geld (“Our Money”), published a thought-provoking paper outlining how a digital cash scheme – a virtual euro – …
Exposed: The banks’ £23bn hidden subsidy
Who controls the creation of new money? Many people might answer ‘the state’ or the ‘central bank’. But the hard currency printed by the …
The digital currency revolution could eliminate commercial bank money altogether
The emergence of blockchain has breathed new life into the ideas of economists Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Milton Freidman, and could …
Bank of England: Digital Cash – the end of monetary policy as we know it?
Last week the Bank of England released a key paper that analyses the 'macroeconomics of central bank issued digital currencies'. The paper …
Bank of England releases key paper on digital cash and blockchain
The Bank of England has just released its most significant paper yet. Macroeconomics of central bank issued digital currencies, by John …
Bank of England: UK banks to lose their status as ‘gatekeepers’ to the payment system
In a significant breakthrough, the Bank of England (BoE) has just announced it will be adopting a policy change that Positive Money has been …
Who should provide money to society? (Podcast with Ben Dyson)
Listen to the this Consult Hyperion's Podcast with Ben Dyson, founder of Positive Money, talking about digital cash. (26 min) …