CashEssentials: Honing the Debate on the Future of Money

Compared with the resources of the cashless lobby in advocating for a digital payments future, those of the lobby supporting cash are miniscule. That isn’t to say that there aren’t organisations supporting the case for cash – there are several – but their activities are largely centered around specific regions or sectors, and promoting the interests of these.

One organisation – indeed the only organisation – that not only spans the entire cash cycle, but approaches the whole topic of the future of cash from an inter-disciplinary and academic approach is CashEssentials, a think tank that seeks to influence debate and policy regarding money and payments from a societal perspective.

Currency News™ spoke to founder and chair Guillaume Lepecq, who is also chair of the upcoming and appropriately named Future of Cash conference, to find out more about CashEssentials, and where it seeks to add value and influence change in the approaches to cash as a social necessity.