Cash payments are simple, secure, efficient and anonymous and therefore popular with consumers. At the same time, these … properties also make cash a focal point for potential illegal uses. An oft-voiced opinion in the public debate is that cash … a study on the extent of illicit cash use in Germany, in collaboration with Professor Friedrich Schneider of the …

cash by households. This paper presents an estimation of the number and value of cash transactions in all 19 euro area … that can contribute to improving the efficiency of the cash cycle and the payment system as a whole. Previous estimates of … the value of cash usage by households in the euro area date from 2008. Since then some central banks have carried out …

network size from the declining cash use in Finland. The Finnish regulation has almost exclusively focused on foreign fees …