Currency
Fintech can give emerging markets an edge – PNG governor
Loi Bakani says the central bank is supportive of attempts to develop financial technology
Uzbekistan launches new banknote as inflation erodes value
New 50,000 som note is five times the value of the next largest banknote
BoE’s ‘difficult decision’ to stick with animal fat substrate
UK central bank rejects palm oil alternative, despite successful trials
Belgium’s mint to close in 2018
Coin production will be outsourced to save money, given a decline in production
UK’s Royal Mint to supply 150 million Argentinian peso blanks
UK mint to ship coins along with equipment to Argentinian mint for final processing
Zimbabwe back to printing bond notes
Reserve bank to release an extra $300 million into the system from August to deal with forex demand
New coins to launch in Philippines in 2017, says deputy governor
Series will integrate new security features akin to those used in banknotes
Bank of England unveils Jane Austen £10
New banknote will be the first to include tactile features for the visually impaired
Madagascar launches high-denomination banknote
New series will use number of substrates with improved security features
Armenia dropping high-denomination note in new hybrid series
Central bank says note worth $200 will not be included in new series
Zimbabwe’s bond notes are ‘exacerbating’ economic fragility, IMF says
Fund urges Zim authorities to restore credibility to currency regime as financial crisis shows no sign of abating
It is too early to disregard cash – Croatia’s Vujčić
European governors wary of what the future of fintech will hold for both digital and hard cash
Syria’s new high-denomination banknote to feature President Assad
President to adorn new 2,000 Syrian pound banknote, worth around $4
BoE economist sees monetary policy benefits to demonetisation
Removal of high-denomination notes could help central bankers cope with the zero lower bound
Panellists divided on merits of central bank digital currency
Sweden and Singapore unsure whether digital currencies will supersede cash in the near future
New US dollar bills will not be polymer – Fed official
US plans to launch new family of banknotes with additional intaglio printing