How Sweden Feels About Cash

In an increasingly cashless Sweden, an Ikea cash-free store has created a positive response from management and many customers but not from everyone.

The Travels of Mobile Money

Zimbabwe’s monetary crises used to create money laundering…literally. To preserve their limited supply of worn U.S. dollars, households had to wash them: Now though, they have a new solution. Going Cashless Mobile money has become increasingly popular. Wherever hyperinflation is…

Why It’s Tough to Demonetize Cash

A surprise announcement on 11/8/16, demonetizing India’s 500- and 1000-rupee notes meant most of the money in the country had to be swapped for new notes.