Time Banks now operate in thirteen countries and we know of another eight countries where time banks are being planned.

In fact, time banking is taking off all around the world: in Japan they are being used to care for growing numbers of elderly people, using tokens called hureai kippu (tickets for caring relationships). From a Slovakian children's home to a Tibetan refugee's camp; in Spain, China, France, New Zealand, Portugal, Israel, Brazil, Italy and Curacao, time banks are signing up to form what is becoming 'a small plus small plus small equals big' international movement.

Time Banking is now well established in the USA. Programmes range widely, from the MORE programmes in East St Louis which focuses on health and training and has 12,000 members who exchange 100,000 hours a year, to small street projects involving a dozen residents.

In New York, Mashi Blech has been running the Member to Member Time Dollar Programme for sixteen years.This is funded by an HMO and offers older residents a catalogue of health related products and activities in exchange for time credits. In New England, Richard Rockefeller and Auta Main have developed an impressive county wide network of Time Banks. In Washington DC time dollars support a Youth Court and in Chicago Calvin Pearce uses time dollars to record the inputs into a Peer Tutoring project where both tutor and tutee earn a recycled computer as a reward for their efforts.