J.P. Koning

Fellow, Sound Money Project

J.P. Koning is a financial writer and blogger with interests in monetary economics, economic history, finance, and fintech. He has worked as an equity researcher at a Canadian brokerage firm and a financial writer and publisher at a large Canadian bank. More recently, he has written several papers for R3, a distributed ledger company, on the topics of central bank cryptocurrency and cross border payments. He founded the popular blog Moneyness in 2012. He designs economics and financial wallcharts at Financial Graph & Art.

Koning earned his B.A. in Economics from McGill University.

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5/12/19

GAO Endorses Small Change

In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office recommends altering the metal content of the nickel and casts doubt on the benefits of suspending production of the penny.

4/19/19

In Praise of the $1 Bill

In a new report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) considers the financial benefit of switching to a $1 coin.

3/27/19

The War on Cashless Stores

If you're a store owner in Philadelphia or the state of New Jersey, and you don't accept cash from your customers, pretty soon you'll be breaking the law.

3/21/19

The Case for Prepaid Debit Cards

Financial privacy and autonomy are important. But cash and cryptocurrencies are not the only means to those ends.

3/11/19

The Rise of Cashless Banks (And What To Do About It)

Bankers have been steadily introducing cashless banks over the last few years in response to falling customer demand for cash. With fewer people wanting to withdraw or deposit cash, the cost of offering these services gets harder to justify to shareholders.