Banknotes
Currency round-up: Ukraine issues war anniversary note
Caymans redesigning banknotes; Travelex expands wholesale business; and more
Digital pound unlikely to be monetary policy tool – Cunliffe
Deputy governor says effect of paying interest unclear and could clash with other objectives
Marks (and sizes and colours) of distinction
Many central banks make an effort to make cash accessible to blind and partially sighted users
Currency round-up: Charles III causes controversy
Australian government drove decision to drop UK monarch from notes, as ECCB weighs its options
Bank of Uganda denies issuing warning on currency ‘bouquets’
Comms staff nevertheless urge Ugandans not to engage in “misuse of money”
Argentina will introduce new highest-denomination note
New 2,000 peso note to come after inflation reached nearly 100% at the end of 2022
Alwyn Jordan becomes Barbados central bank’s acting governor
Cleviston Haynes left central bank on January 31 as his term ended
Australia will not put king’s image on banknote
RBA says new design will honour indigenous people
Nigerian governor extends banknote replacement scheme
Emefiele spent several weeks abroad after state agency issued arrest warrant
Stefan Ingves on leadership, prudential oversight and transparency
The Riksbank and Basel Committee veteran speaks about his leadership philosophy, Basel III deal-making and concerns about regulatory rollback, the value of QE and negative rates, and the need for a legal architecture for CBDCs
Somalia plans to introduce new notes by 2024
Country has become dollarised since the collapse of the central government in 1991
Currency Benchmarks 2022 – presentation
Currency specialist Ben Margulies discusses cash volumes and use, currency production and design, cash and the climate, and other topics
Jordan introduces new banknote series
Central bank last updated currency issue in early 2000s
The behind-the-scenes effort to convert Ukrainian refugee cash
How central and commercial banks worked to allow Ukrainians to exchange cash in wartime
Court rejects bid to arrest CBN governor
State security application comes as Nigerian central bank calls in naira notes and elections near
Eurozone citizens still use cash in majority of transactions
Cash use declines since 2019, but still makes up almost 60% of transactions
BoE unveils King Charles III note design
New print will enter circulation by mid-2024
Currency round-up: Yellen’s signature added to US money
Singapore ends practice of printing new year notes; new coins in Canada and Ghana; and more
Nigerian central bank limits cash withdrawals
Governor says policy will increase cashless payments use and cut crime, but politicians criticise move
Banknotes: October to December 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Currency Benchmarks 2022 report – executive summary
Cash far from extinct and volumes continue to grow in many places
Currency Benchmarks 2022 charts
Take a deep dive into the Currency Benchmarks charts, which have just been released for 2022
Currency Benchmarks 2022 report – a slow evolution continues
Cash usage persists, polymer makes advances and volumes are expected to rise