Cash

By now most of the world knows of the disruption India's monetary system has undergone as its government discourages paper cash and pushes digital alternatives, stopping short of outright forcing the issue. But there's another challenge within the market.

The Indian government's major change in cash policy and push for digital payments attracted the Chinese company to increase its stake in India's Paytm.

Digital payments can make travel payments easier and boost financial services in emerging markets. In some cases, it's doing both.

How much do Germans like cash? Consider the following common German phrase: "Geld stinkt nicht," which roughly translated means, "money doesn’t stink."

Zimbabwe’s central bank said it is “illogical” and undermining efforts to stem a cash shortage that the country is spending more on satellite television subscriptions than on imports of the raw materials needed to produce cooking oil.

India's sudden shake-up of its currency system last fall was an early holiday for digital payment companies, and Visa was no exception.

Shoppers are going to have to choose which apps to keep and which to delete or hide, making it important that retailers develop an app that's worthy of repeated use.

The method is still based on paper money, but the model includes steps that get consumers ready to adopt e-commerce. Given the region's smartphone penetration, that's an inevitability.

More than half of consumers visit an ATM at least once a month, although men—and Baby Boomers—tend to get cash more often, according to a new survey from TD Bank.

In markets such as Africa there's a huge market for mobile payments, but a regulatory environment that has not caught up