Currency
PBoC to investigate bitcoin firms
Central bank suspicion drives prices down by 33% in January alone
Polymer banknote provider Innovia bought for $845 million
Innovia bought by Canadian competitor following “successful” year
Venezuela’s Maduro backtracks on bolivar withdrawal
Venezuelan currency crisis continues with delay of new series
Macedonian notes: world’s first security thread in long window
New banknote designs entering circulation feature De La Rue’s Kinetic StarChrome
Sama unveils new banknote designs with updated features
Six denominations to feature new security thread and improved features for the visually impaired
Venezuela removes largest banknote amid contraband concerns
Government authorises removal of 100 bolivar bill to combat “mafias”
Civil rights activist to appear on new Canadian $10 banknote
Viola Desmond to appear on a new Canadian banknote
Ink rubbing off notes ‘quite normal’, says Zimbabwe governor
Despite public outcry, governor says bond notes have so far been a success
Venezuela central bank launches new banknotes amid soaring inflation
The bolivar has weakened to unprecedented levels as inflation soars and political instability engulfs the nation
Bank of Korea embarks on ‘coinless society’ project
Central bank wants to eradicate use of coins by 2020
Tallow controversy forces Innovia to look at alternatives
Use of animal extracts in Bank of England’s new fiver sparks global review
Seychelles issues first full banknote series in 18 years
Central bank spends around $2.6 million producing new series
Bundesbank unveils blockchain settlement system
Prototype system able to transfer digital coins or securities as well as settling “basic corporate actions”