Currency
Vietnam central bank and US Treasury sign currency pact
US had briefly labelled Vietnam a “currency manipulator”
Solomon Islands relaxes capital controls
Central bank raises limits on currency exports
RBNZ to consider CBDC as cash use declines
Assistant governor says trust in financial system may be weakened by fall in cash use
PBoC continues crypto trading crackdown
Chinese deputy governor says PBoC will widen tests of ‘digital yuan’ CBDC prototype
Lithuania’s central bank bolsters cash services
Central bank signs agreement with banking sector to maintain minimum level of cash provision
Carney warns CBDC delays play into hands of big tech
Failure to launch CBDC risks entrenching power of tech firms, former BoE governor says
BoE completes transition to polymer
New £50 banknote featuring scientist Alan Turing enters circulation
Cuba bars dollar cash deposits
Country struggling with sanctions as inflation spirals
Fed extends nine dollar swap lines to year’s end
Federal Reserve established liquidity arrangements with foreign partners at start of pandemic
Malawi picks G+D for currency processing contract
German-based firm already provides processing services to the Federal Reserve
EU common debt to boost euro’s international role – ECB
Currency still faces negative rates, fragmented debt market and lack of triple-A assets
Are we entering the polymer age?
CCL Secure explores the security and anti-counterfeit benefits of polymer banknote technology. As this developing technology reveals its advantages over traditional paper-based banknotes, could we soon see a shift in the status quo in polymer’s favour?
Cash infrastructure as public good – implications for the cash cycle
Eurosystem is seeking to safeguard cash infrastructure even as transaction volumes plunge
US may not need CBDC – Boston Fed chief
Rosengren says improved payments systems may provide many CBDC uses
The importance of diversity when selecting banknote icons
Inclusion and diversity were important factors for the country’s 1992–93 banknote redesign
Mexican 100-peso note wins international award
Banknote depicting seventeeth-century nun and poet wins International Bank Note Society accolade
BoE to close cash distribution centre in 2023
Cash operations will continue at Debden site while BoE reviews geographical footprint
Zhang Tao on the IMF’s fintech agenda, CBDCs and big tech oversight
IMF deputy MD speaks about the fund’s views on CBDC operating frameworks and macrofinancial surveillance
Richmond Fed: is US ready for digital dollar?
Brief argues there are questions to answer before embarking on CBDC
Riksbank to open two contingency cash offices
Offices will be opened this year and next to guard against disruptions to cash supply
RBA opened banknote contingency site during pandemic
Strength of banknote demand during pandemic was ‘unprecedented’, RBA bulletin says
Future of cash: what we can learn from the history of money
Central banks must take a broad view of efficiency if they are to preserve the benefits of cash, says Antti Heinonen