Guillaume Lepecq is a globally recognized expert in the subjects of payments and cash. Working primarily as a consultant over the last fifteen years, Guillaume was appointed Chair of the CashEssentials Think Tank in February 2019. Guillaume has specialized particularly in retail transactions, including both cash and electronic payments.

CashEssentials is as an independent initiative, which aims at offering a platform for debate about the payments and monetary ecosystems, to conduct and foster high-quality research on cash and its future.

 

The role of cash in the future monetary landscape

What will money look like in 2050? What institutions - if any - will issue it? How will we store and measure value? How will we settle transactions? Will cash play a role? A Futures literacy Lab hosted by CashEssentials and the UNESCO Chair for the Future of Finance, provides tools to imagine a monetary landscape, which promotes social and technological innovation. The future monetary landscape needs to improve inclusion, increase sustainability, reinforce resilience, and protect privacy and civil liberties. Cash offers different answers: the cash community needs to take a leadership role to design the cash of the future.