The US Federal Reserve and four other central banks announced plans Tuesday for coordinated efforts to get funding for year-end cash needs into the global banking system strained by a worldwide credit crunch.

Smash-4-Cash event will raise funds for troops (New Jersey Herald)
HAMPTON — The Jersey Rydes Car Club will hold a “Smash-4-Cash” event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Advance Auto Parts, 66 Hampton House Road/Route 206 to raise money for U.S. troops in Iraq.

Russky Standart Caps Cash Advances (The Moscow Times)
07 October 2008 Tremors from the global financial-sector earthquake are beginning to reach Russian consumers as the country’s retail banks begin to impose limits on credit card cash advances.

Banks get more cash in hand (The Telegraph)
Mumbai, Oct. 6: The Reserve Bank of India today surprised the financial markets by slashing the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by half a percentage point to 8.5 per cent.