Cash

An end-of-year push to attach a marijuana banking bill to a must-pass defense measure is facing stiff resistance from Senate Republicans and complicating the delicate lame-duck endgame for Democratic leaders soon to lose control of the House.

Banks are starting to have a tougher time obtaining funds in the financial system as the Federal Reserve shrinks its balance sheet and hikes interest rates, leaving analysts searching for any signs that the strains are approaching the magnitude of past credit crunches.

Marijuana shops across the U.S. are rushing to find alternative ways for customers to pay after networks that supported a popular workaround to the banking system began to shut down last week.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, whose signature will soon appear on U.S. currency, joked with the talk show host Stephen Colbert that she worked hard to avoid the ridicule faced by some of her recent predecessors over their sloppy handwriting.

Thieves have increasingly used solid explosive to blow open cash machines rather than gas.

Citigroup plans to offer automatic-sweep products seven days a week as banks respond to clients' demands for higher interest rates on deposits and faster access to their cash.

After being hard-hit financially by the pandemic and the surging inflation that followed, the generation entering adulthood is meshing their love of late-‘90s nostalgia — think cargo pants, bucket hats and disposable cameras — with a dose of old-fashioned frugality.

Cash is being used in fewer transactions than ever before, and the pandemic has only accelerated the trend. Yet the U.S. is far behind some European and Asian countries in embracing digital payments and significant hurdles remain to its becoming completely cashless.

During a House hearing, Democrats advocated for measures that ensure businesses keep accepting paper money, while Republicans argued in favor of chartering more fintechs and promoted stablecoins to extend access to the underbanked.

The shift away from human contact increased the popularity of kiosks, ATMs and other technologies that allow for more flexibility in payment methods.