While the decline in cash use contnues, new research from NatWest demonstrates its enduring versatility, with three quarters of UK consumers still carrying paper money and coins in case of emergencies.
Sweden's central bank says the country's retail payment infrastructure needs to be modernised to accommodate more instant payments and third party access to payment and settlement rails.
The lifting of restrictions by German wathdog BaFin on N26 has led to a surge in demand that has helped the digital lender to record its first quarterly profit.
The Bank for International Settlements is working with the European Central Bank and Detusche Bundesbank to explore how generative AI could be applied to improve inflation forecasting.