- Council of the European Union, Submission by Belgium for formal approval by the Council of draft design for 2 euro commemorative coin (2 février 2026) : thème et design maintenus confidentiels ; approbation le 10 février.
- Bryan Armen Graham, Olympic figure skating music dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan resolved after ISU review, The Guardian (8 février 2026) : l’Azerbaïdjan s’est plaint de l’emploi par une paire de patineurs à glace d’un morceau musical intitulé Artsakh, composé par Ara Gevorgyan. Or, Artsakh est le nom arménien ancien du Haut-Karabagh, actuellement part de l’Azerbaïdjan, après un long conflit avec l’Arménie. Afin d’éteindre la polémique, le site officiel de la fédération internationale de patinage ne mentionne plus le titre de la musique, mais seulement “Music by Ara Gevorgyan”
- Sammy Gecsoyler, My week of only using cash: could a return to notes and coins change my life?, The Guardian (10 février 2026)
According to Shankha Basu, associate professor of marketing at the University of Leeds, there are practical reasons why many businesses have shunned cash, including reducing the risk of theft. There are costs related to handling cash, too. “You need to keep a till,” he says, “and you need to make sure that at the end of the day, or the week, you physically go to the bank and deposit the cash.”. Card payments can feel like “much less of a hassle”. There’s also a more sordid side to this shift: consumers “think less about whether they need the product or not” with card or contactless payments, says Basu, and are more willing to choose more premium options or add-ons because “we are less sensitive to buying something that costs more than we initially intended to spend” when not physically handing over cash.
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There was something about feeling the stack of notes between my fingers that made me think twice. It physically felt like a lot of money. According to Basu, the hesitance I experienced is a common consumer behaviour. “Spending cash feels painful, because you physically experience something going away from you,” he says. In contrast, when you pay for things with cards or contactless methods, “that feeling of loss is a bit muted, which leads people to spend much more money than they otherwise would do.” I put the bottle down.
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According to a report by the trade association UK Finance, cash was used for 9% of all transactions in 2024: the first time this figure has dipped below 10%. In comparison, 34% of all payments were made in cash in 2017. A study last year by the cash machine network Link found that fewer than half of people in the UK now carry a physical wallet.
UK Finance also predicts that notes and coins will account for only 4% of all payments made in the UK in 2034.
- Council of the European Union, Submission by Finland for formal approval by the Council of draft design for 2 euro commemorative coin (11 février 2026) : Finlande, piece commemorative de 2 euros pour les cent ans de Yle, la radiotélévision publique nationale du pays. Tirage : 204.000. Approbation le 19 février 2026.

- Sebastian Wieschowski, The Key Developments Shaping the 2026 European Coin Market, Numismatic News (17 février 2026) : article pour collectionneurs et investisseurs sur les dernières nouvelles à propos des pièces de collection en euro et des collections de pièces commémoratives de 2 euros.
- Banque de Finlande, Euro Coin Conference brought large array of experts to Helsinki (24 février 2026) : communiqué de presse présentant brièvement les thèmes d’un colloque de deux jours qui s’est tenu à Helsinki les 5 et 6 février : le faux monnayage et le cadre juridique des pièces en euro. Je ne trouve pas d’autre mention de ce colloque sur internet. Au vu de ses sujets, on peut comprendre que la discrétion était de mise et ses participants uniquement des gens du métier.
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