From the monthly archives:

September 2009

The Cashless Branch – Scaring the Customers or Just the Next Step?

09.29.2009

If you haven’t considered the cashless branch before, you may be asking “Why?”, quickly followed by “How?” I could do entire presentations and research notes on this topic, so I’m probably not going to do these questions justice here. But let me just hit on some highlights on the “Why” today and the “How” in my next post.

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Pleased to “Meet” You!

09.21.2009

I’ve been working in currency management since 2001 and although my last year at TowerGroup has allowed me to branch out (pun intended) into new areas, I’m always excited when I get a chance to write a research note or give a presentation about currency management. It’s my warm blanket on a cold day – my comfort zone – so I’m thrilled to have an excuse to spend time on it on a regular basis.

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the recession is over, now get back to work!

09.16.2009

I guess it must be official, if Ben said it. Today at 10:56:40AM Eastern Time MarketWatch started spreading the news, “Fed Chief Bernanke: The Recession is Likely Over”. Watch your words here folks, the vocabulary is littered with exception traps! Here’s another classic, directly quoted from the closing lines of their newsflash, “Bernanke noted that many economists now expect the labor market to recover slowly. But he said this was only a forecast and might be wrong”.

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is cash becoming king again?

09.09.2009

Has the consumer learned their credit-aversion lesson yet? Ask this question of any cash manager at a bank – whether in retail (Branch and ATM) or in vaults and their answer is likely to be in the affirmative. I have not heard from any of my cash management network that the demand for cash has started to fall off in recent months. In fact anecdotal evidence would seem to support the idea that we are all using our cash – and only cash – as a simple yet effective way to control our spending and consequently bolster our meager savings.

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Counting On Currency welcomes a new contributor

09.02.2009

The height of confirmation that one is doing something of meaning for a community (to me at least) is when others want to voluntarily join in to help make it even better. This small contribution to the voice of the currency community has been so confirmed – a second time! First it needs to be [...]

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