Cash infrastructure and cash access vulnerability in Spain

Diana Posada Restrepo

Economic Bulletin, 2021, issue 3/2021, No 23

Abstract: The article highlights how the distribution of the cash infrastructure affects cash users in Spain. The more cash infrastructures are scaled down and/or concentrated, the wider the gap becomes between those who have difficulty accessing cash and those who have easy access to it. To assess the coverage of the cash infrastructure and, therefore, the level of access to cash throughout Spain, the article examines its geographical distribution and concentration. It also analyses whether the distribution adequately satisfies the demand for cash, according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the different regions of Spain. To this end, a cash access vulnerability index is presented, which identifies the municipalities that have a higher risk of financial exclusion in terms of access to cash. The index shows that cash access vulnerability is low throughout most of Spain, although there are approximately 1,300,000 people who may be considered vulnerable in this respect.

Keywords: access to cash; financial inclusion; cash infrastructure; spatial analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 E41 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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