All posts tagged "cashless"

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  Brazil central bank launches instant payments system ‘Pix’

  Brazil’s central bank launched a state-run instant payments platform this week for citizens, the private sector and government entities. The scheme, known as Pix, is part of Agenda BC#, which

  • Posted November 19, 2020
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  UK’s FCA: customers must be told about ‘access to cash’ changes

  The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told banks considering closing either a branch or ATM that they will need to provide an analysis of the likely impact on customers’

  • Posted September 17, 2020
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  Indian state launches digital payments service

  A regional government in India has launched an initiative to promote digital payments and drive financial inclusion in rural areas. The Andhra Pradesh government is working to enable and encourage

  • Posted August 28, 2020
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  How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’

  When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top

  • Posted May 3, 2020
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  UK report: hand anonymised financial data to public trusts

  A ‘data commons’ holding aggregated, anonymised financial data should be established in the UK, according to a new report by London-headquartered think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

  • Posted February 6, 2020
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  Subsidy scheme boosts cashless payments in Japan

  Government subsidies designed to encourage cashless payments in Japan are being taken up much more quickly than predicted, and last week the country was urged to extend the scheme. Under

  • Posted December 5, 2019
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  Australia proposes cashless welfare card expansion

  Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has signalled that he intends to expand the use of a cashless card for distributing welfare payments, limiting recipients’ ability to choose how they spend

  • Posted September 25, 2019
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  UK Treasury committee chair warns of threat to ‘access to cash’

  The chair of the UK’s Treasury Select Committee has called for the urgent delivery of measures to ensure that the move towards digital payments leaves nobody behind. Delivering a keynote

  • Posted July 4, 2019
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  How electronic payments can bridge the tax gap

  A recent online seminar, hosted by Global Government Forum with the support of Mastercard, explored how civil servants can squeeze the shadow economy by encouraging electronic payments. And the benefits

  • Posted May 30, 2017
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  Indian budget focuses on digital economy and rural growth

  The Indian government has announced that it will be banning cash transactions of greater than 300,000 Rupees (UK£3600 or US$4500), in a 2017-18 Budget which focuses on boosting the digital

  • Posted February 14, 2017
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