Latest Document Additions to the E-Library

Have you explored IACA’s E-Library?? This is a one-of-a kind repository of the Industry’s reports, papers, conference presentations and publications. This has been a long-time resource for our members and we continue to add new and interesting content. And now its easier to SEARCH and navigate! 

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NOTE:  As a reminder we post Currency News, Coin & Mint News, Cash & Payment News issues to our e-Library monthly–3 months behind.

Here are the latest additions:

1. 2026 White Paper: Affordability of Cash – From Stocktaking to Why and How by Gerhard Rösl & Franz Seitz; The paper derives policy implications and practical recommendations for regulators and cash-cycle participants, emphasizing the need to keep cash affordable.(Under Other Industry Organization Reports). Posted April 2026
2. IACA Webinar + Post Webinar Virtual Round Table Discussion re: The Future of the Central Bank in the Cash Cycle – Summaries and Transcripts (Under IACA Documents) Posted April 2026
3. Cash Essentials Report:  Solving the ATM Paradox- A Policy Roadmap for the Future of Cash, by Guillaume Lepecq and Matt Sikes. (Under Cash Essentials Reports) Posted March 2026.
4. Multi-Central Bank Report: Retail CBDCs in practice: the experience of the SandDollar, e-CNY and JAM-DEX®.  Many central banks are investigating the potential to issue central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).  This study examines the rollout of retail CBDCs in three pioneering jurisdictions: The Bahamas, China and Jamaica. (Under Central Bank Reports > 2026 Issued Reports).  Posted March 2026
5. Swiss National Bank- 2025 Payment Methods Survey of Private Individuals in Switzerland.  (Under Central Bank Reports > 2026 Issued Reports). Posted March 2026
6. Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions 2025 white paper:  From Early Childhood to Adulthood-  Cash Educations & Empowers: Exploring the Education Power of Banknotes in Society  (Under Industry Supplier Reports > Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solution Reports)  Posted Dec 2025
7. Americas Cash Cycle Seminar Presentations:  The conference was held in Miami, Florida, November 3-6, 2025.  (Under Conference Presentations>ICCOS-Cash Cycle Seminar > CCS. ICCOS Americas> 2025 Miami Florida)  
8. Brancch Consulting & Outsourcing Ltd Report : Payment Preferences in Jamaica 2025:  This report, based on one of the first nationwide surveys of its kind in Jamaica–and provides insight into the payment behaviour of this island nation.  (Under Other Industry Organization Reports). 
9. Swiss National Bank Payments Method Survey of Companies– issued October 2025:  In spring 2025, the Swiss National Bank conducted its third payment methods survey of companies. Around 1,900 companies from selected industries participated in the survey. In addition, 30 selected retailers and public transport companies were surveyed on specific topics by means of a shorter questionnaire. (Under Central Bank Reports > 2025)
10. Bank of Canada Methods of Payment Survey: Cash in an Era of Alternatives – issued August 2025 (Under Central Bank Reports>2025)
11. ECB – 3rd Progress Report on the Preparation Phase of a Digital Euro – issued 2025 (Under Central Bank Reports>2025)
12. ECB 2024 Study of the Payment Attitudes of Consumers in the Euro Area (SPACE) – issued Dec 2024 (Under Central Bank Reports>2024). 
13. Cash As A Payments Infrastructure White Paper…how a focus on the high street and access to cash will support a robust and inclusive payments infrastructure:   A white paper by Enryo Consulting and OneBanx in UK.  Published July 2025 (Under Other Industry Organization Reports)
14. IACA’s Cash Visibility & Collaboration Summary Report:  We have published a summary report which highlights the key aspects and takeaways of all our meetings, virtual round-table discussions, webinars and surveys held throughout 2024 on this important topic. May 2025.  (Under IACA Documents) 
15. Future of Banknote Printers Webinar- Questions Answered (related to the IACA webinar held March 26, 2025) Questions were asked by the webinar participants and our panelists answered those that were not able to be answered in time in this document.  (Under IACA Documents)
16. Swiss National Bank Payment Methods Survey of Private Individuals in Switzerland (issued March 2025) In autumn 2024, the Swiss National Bank conducted its fourth payment methods survey of private individuals in Switzerland. Around 2,000 individuals resident in Switzerland answered questions in telephone interviews or filled in online questionnaires about their payment behaviour. Additionally, they recorded their everyday payments in a payment diary for a period of one week. (Under Central Bank Reports > 2025 Issued Reports)
17. Currency Publications Ltd has issued a new white paper (Feb 2025)– Cash Cycle Recirculation and Local Recycling: from Policy to Practice – examines the cash cycle from the perspective of every stakeholder, drawing on interviews and discussions with the 24 organisations that contributed to it. (Under Currency Publications, Ltd Reports)
18. Royal Canadian Mint: October 2024 Hosted webinar: Answers to Questions (Under IACA Documents> IACA Webinar Notes)
19. Currency Research Conference Presentations:  EMEA Cash Cycle & Payments Seminar in Cape Town, November 25-27, 2024 AND Americas Cash Cycle & Payments Seminar in New Orleans, November 29-30, 2024 (Under Conference Presentations)
20. Deutsche Bundesbank: Cash of the Future.  How will cash be used in the future? A recent Bundesbank study has investigated this question, outlining three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. The study provides an idea of the social and economic environment in which cash will be embedded in the future. (Sept 2024) – (Under Central Bank Reports > 2024 Issued Reports)
21. Currency Research & Enryo Consulting – UA2P Index.  The Universal Access to Payments (UA2P) Index provides insights and analysis to lay the foundations for collaboration, to ensure everyone, everywhere can have fair access to all forms of payments. (Nov 2024) – (Under Currency Research (CR) Reports)
22. International Mint Industry Association (IMIA) – Brief: European Economic Area Cash Legislation Initiatives 2022-2024 Overview (2024) – (Under Other Industry Organization Reports>International Mint Industry Association)
23. International Mint Industry Association (IMIA) – Brief: The Role of Cash Payment Habit for Crisis Resilience (2024). (Under Other Industry Organization Reports>International Mint Industry Association)
24. International Mint Industry Association (IMIA) – Position Paper: Clarifying the Legal Tender Status of Euro Banknotes and Coins (2023). (Under Other Industry Organization Reports>International Mint Industry Association)
25. International Mint Industry Association (IMIA) – Brief:  The Case for Cash – Freedom of Choice (2023). (Under Other Industry Organization Reports>International Mint Industry Association)
26. Swiss National Bank: Spring 2024 Survey results Fact Sheet on cash acceptance at selected providers of everyday goods and services. Around 770 companies participated in the survey. (Under Central Bank Reports > 2024 Issued Reports)
27. IACA In-Person Member Discussion Meeting Notes – May 13 at the Banknote Conference; Cash Visibility & Collaboration, (Under IACA Documents> Member Discussion Meeting Notes >
28. IACA Virtual Round-Table Discussion Notes – July 10, 2024 Diving Deeper into Cash Visibility & Collaboration; Session A – Asia / Session B- Americas, Africa, Europe (Under IACA Document >Round Table Discussions > 2024)
29. IACA Virtual Round-Table Discussion Notes – March 20, 2024 Post-webinar discussion on Cash Visibility & Collaboration– Session 1- Asia / Session 2 – Americas, Africa, Europe (Under IACA Documents > Round Table Discussions > 2024)
30. Bank of Canada:  How Far do Canadians have to Travel to Access Cash, Issued 2023 (Under Central Bank Reports > 2023 Issued Reports)
31. Swiss National Bank: Payment Methods Survey of Companies in Switzerland for 2023, issued 2024, (Under Central Bank Reports > 2024 Issued Reports)
32. Deutsche Bundesbank: Payment Behaviour in Germany, July 2024, (Under Central Bank Reports > 2024 Issued Reports)
33. Deutsche Bundesbank: The Outlook for Cash, January 2024 (Under Central Bank Reports>2024 Issued Reports)
34. Deutsche Bundesbank:  Demand for Banknotes during Crisis:  An International Perspective, March 2024, (Under Central Bank Reports>2024 Issued Reports)
35. Deutsche Bundesbank: Discussion Paper, Forecasting Banknote Circulation During Covid-19 Pandemic; Issued in 2023, (Under Central Bank Reports  >2023 Issued Reports)
36. IACA Virtual Roundtable Discussion:  Sharing Stories of Cash Infrastructure Resiliency, held on December 6, 2023. (Under IACA Documents > Member Discussion Meetings)
37. In-Person Members Discussion Meeting Notes: Cash Infrastructure under Pressure:  How should the Currency Industry Adapt? held in Orlando, Florida at the Americas Cash & Payments Seminar, November 28, 2023 (Under IACA Documents > Member Discussion Meetings)
38. Swiss National Bank: 2023 Payment Survey Factsheet–Preliminary Results; published Oct 2023 (Under Central Banks > 2023 Reports)
39. Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions:  Cash Works…but it can work even better!; published 2023 (Under Industry Supplier Reports>2023)
40. Bank of Spain:  Neurometrics Applied to Banknote Security Features Design; published 2020 (Under Central Bank Reports>2020) – posted October 9, 2023
41. Bank of Spain: Conceptos, Fundamentos y Herramientas de Neurociencia y su Aplicacion Billete; published 2023 (Under Central Banks>2023) posted October 9, 2023
42. Institute for Monetary & Financial Stability paper on Uncertainty, Politics, & Crises:  The Case for Cash: published June 2023 – (under Other Industry Organization Reports) – posted September 25, 2023
43. Institute for Monetary & Financial Stability paper on The Stabilizing Role of Cash for Societies- published June 2022 – (under Other Industry Organization Reports)- posted September 25, 2023
44. CMS Info Systems Limited: 2023 India Cash Vibrancy Report (under Industry Supplier. CMC Reports) – posted September 19, 2023
45. Bank of Canada:  Unmet Payment Needs and a CBDC (under Central Bank Reports>2023 Issued Reports) – posted Sept 1, 2023
46. Central Bank of Kenya: Demonetization–the Kenyan Experience in 2019 (under Central Bank Reports>2023 Issued Reports)
47. Forecasting Banknote Circulation, by Bank d’ Italia (under Central Bank Reports>2023 Issued Reports)
48. DNB working paper: Uncovering the Digital Divide: Understanding the Importance of Cash for Groups at Risk (under Central Bank Reports >2023 Reports)
49. Currency Conference 2023 Presentations, from Currency Research (under Conference Presentations>Currency Conference>2023 Mexico City)
50. 2023 Banknote Industry Report from Banknote Industry News (Under Banknote Industry News (BIN) Reports)
51. Payment Methods Survey of Private Individuals in Switzerland. As part of this survey, around 2,000 residents in Switzerland provided information about their payment behaviour.  Swiss National Bank has just published this report. 
52. From the National Bank of Kazakhstan– Medium-Term Prospects of Using Cash: Results of Sociological Research.    A very interesting look at payments in Kazakhstan. (under Central Bank Reports in the E-Library)
53. A Guide to Re-purposing Unfit Shredded Paper Banknote, by Reconnaissance Int’l- This paper seeks to explain the options that central banks have for disposing of banknotes well, following a hierarchy of disposal options.  (under Reconnaissance International Reports in the E-Library)
54. Cash & Payment Sustainability Forum Conference Presentations (thank you to the organizer: Reconnaissance Int’l) – Held November 14-16, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (under Conference Presentations in E-library)
55. Coin Conference Presentations- (thank you to the organizers: Reconnaissance Int’l + Currency Research) Held in October 2022 in Amsterdam. (under Conference Presentations in E-library)

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