ECONOMICS ● GLOBAL
May 2017
Executive Summary 1
A world without cash? 5
What is a cashless society? 5
Why use less cash? 5
Where is going cashless? 9
Sweden: Technology 10
India: Policy driven 12
Kenya: Skipping a step 14
Korea: a bit of both 16
Where next? 18
Cashless or cash-lite? 18
Next in line 18
In DM, willingness matters 19
In EM, it’s about skipping a step 20
Implications 22
Monetary policy: Greater
flexibility for negative rates 22
Fiscal policy: Cutting tax
evasion = better balances 23
India’s impact 24
Social implications 25
Conclusions 28
Disclosure appendix 29
Disclaimer 32