Strengthening Collaboration to Preserve Sovereignty: Collaborative Cash Ecosystems - Global Strategies to Preserve Trust and Sovereignty - Keynote Address<sup>[1]</sup> delivered by Shri Shirish Chandra Murmu, Deputy Governor at Focus Group Discussion: Global Cash Management, 2026, organised by Bank Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 13, 2026 -

Introduction Good afternoon, my fellow central bankers from around the globe. I congratulate Bank Indonesia for hosting this discussion on such a topical issue, and I thank them for the opportunity to present an Indian perspective on it. Currency management is a core function of nearly every central bank represented in this room. In the previous decade, adoption of digital payments in India has…