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Johanna Herdt
The Deutsche Bundesbank’s Directorate General Cash Management will host its seventh Cash Conference in Hannover, Germany from 27 to 29 May 2026.
We invite experts – from academia, public authorities (including central banks), special interest groups and the private sector – to discuss and exchange views on cash-related subjects. Our aim is to achieve an improved understanding of cash payments based on recent academic research in general and, more specifically, to help identify possible developments and dynamics that will shape the future payments landscape and examine what role cash is going to play in it.
The Deutsche Bundesbank’s Directorate General Cash Management will host its seventh Cash Conference in Hannover, Germany from 27 to 29 May 2026. We invite experts – from academia, public authorities (including central banks), special interest groups and the private sector – to discuss and exchange views on cash-related subjects. Our aim is to achieve an improved understanding of cash payments based on recent academic research in general and, more specifically, to help identify possible developments and dynamics that will shape the future payments landscape and examine what role cash is going to play in it.
Conference content
Papers covering the following subjects are highly welcome:
- cash demand
- acceptance of cash
- access to cash
- future of cash
Papers on related areas, such as
- cash use today and in the future;
- studies on the role of cash in developed and emerging economies;
- costs and benefits of cash and cashless payment instruments;
- survey-based studies on payment behaviour (cash/non-cash);
- topical issues (e.g. issuance of new banknote series)
may also be submitted and will be considered
Submission of papers/abstracts
The deadline for submitting abstracts (and preferably the papers) is 14 January 2026. Only abstracts/papers sent in as electronic documents will be considered. All abstracts/papers submitted in due time will be reviewed by the conference committee, and authors will be informed regarding their acceptance in early 2026. If accepted, physical attendance and presentation of the paper on site is expected. Conference participation itself is free of charge. However, travel and accommodation expenses will not generally be covered by Deutsche Bundesbank. Limited reimbursement of travel expenses for academic speakers, as well as in other exceptional cases, can be provided under certain circumstances and can be applied for after the conference.
Content of abstracts
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words in length. In addition we request the following information:
- title of paper;
- title(s), first and further names, family name of all authors;
- affiliation (institution) and current position;
- postal and email address;
- three keywords (or JEL Index Numbers) that best describe the subject of your submission.
Conference contact for registration
Please send an abstract, or preferably, the entire paper as a separate pdf file by email to Ms Johanna Herdt Email: cash-events@bundesbank.de Details regarding how to attend the conference without presenting a paper and additional information will be found on the Bundesbank’s website in due time
