3 Results from 2021
David Fagleman Director at Enryo
Last Wednesday the new polymer £50 banknote, featuring Alan Turing, entered circulation, representing the final phase of UK currency modernisation, a project that started in 2015 with the polymer £5, followed by the 12-sided £1 coin (2016), the polymer £10 (2017) and polymer £20 (2020). With Scottish and Northern Irish note issuers also modernisi...
28 June 2021 /payments /inclusion Financial Inclusion
For the best part of the past decade the use of cash for day-to-day transactions has been declining as people became more confident using Chip & Pin, contactless and mobile options, as well as increasingly opting for online shopping in favour of the high street. According to UK Finance, cash accounted for 20.4bn transactions in 2010 (c.58% o...
13 January 2021 /inclusion /predictions Financial Inclusion
Digital enthusiasts commonly portray a future in which technology has eradicated crime. Indeed, one of the most loved arguments for a cashless society is that without physical money criminals will be unable to operate, surveillance will protect good citizens that have nothing to hide, and people will be less likely to lose, misplace or be conned o...
05 January 2021 /payments /identity Digital Identity Management
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