The Demise of Cash? (Special Reports)

Special reports published by EurActiv in November 2014.

+ Mobile phones call up a cashless future
A boom in payment-enabled smartphone manufacture and the entry of key phone and finance players into the mobile wallets market has made 2014 a watershed year, as the tide turns against the future use of cash.

+ Biometric security moves to counter cyber fraud
If consumers put safety and security of their payments as a key priority when shopping, it is with good reason.

+ Cashless payment hopes pinned on developing nations
usiness and civil interests representing the mobile payments markets are developing global principles, standards and codes of conduct for digital finance, as cashless payments move to the fore in the developing world, following a meeting this summer in Perth, Australia.

+ Payment card ruling could open new era for EU transparency
The European Commission is considering lifting restrictions applying to confidential internal documentation in the wake of a payment card legal case it lost earlier in 2014.

+ Scope and level of card caps remain in dispute
EU lawmakers disagree over the level and scope at which card payments in Europe should be capped as the issue goes into trilogue in advance of its adoption anticipated early in 2015.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 17.11.14: Mobile phones call up a cashless future http://www.euractiv.com/sections/demise-cash/mobile-phones-call-cashless-future-310038

EurActiv, 18.11.14: Biometric security moves to counter cyber fraud http://www.euractiv.com/sections/demise-cash/biometric-security-moves-counter-cyber-fraud-310080

EurActiv, 19.11.14: Cashless payment hopes pinned on developing nations http://www.euractiv.com/sections/demise-cash/push-cashless-payments-developing-nations-310121

EurActiv, 21.11.14: Scope and level of card caps remain in dispute http://www.euractiv.com/sections/demise-cash/scope-and-level-card-caps-remain-dispute-310204

EurActiv, 20.11.14: Payment card ruling could open new era for EU transparency http://www.euractiv.com/sections/demise-cash/payment-card-ruling-could-open-new-era-eu-transparency-310161

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