The latest edition of The Financial Insider, titled 'The Hidden Cost of Cash in a Digital Economy', opens by noting that market attention remains fixed on UPI transaction records and digital payment valuations.
The newsletter argues that this focus is drawing attention away from a separate, less-discussed problem: rising costs embedded in the physical cash supply chain that underpins large parts of the economy.
It frames this as 'hidden inflation' — cost pressure building in cash logistics and handling that isn't visible in headline digital-payments data.
The edition is positioned as a short read (roughly 3 minutes), setting up a deeper look at where this cost is accumulating and why it matters even as digital payments scale.
