Banknotes
Argentina will introduce new highest-denomination note
New 2,000 peso note to come after inflation reached nearly 100% at the end of 2022
Australia will not put king’s image on banknote
RBA says new design will honour indigenous people
Cash demand solid despite digitalisation, CPMI finds
Latest ‘red book’ statistics show rapid growth in cashless payments, but demand for cash still resilient
Nigerian governor extends banknote replacement scheme
Emefiele spent several weeks abroad after state agency issued arrest warrant
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, and cash and the climate
Jordan introduces new banknote series
Central bank last updated currency issue in early 2000s
Eurozone citizens still use cash in majority of transactions
Cash use declines since 2019, but still makes up almost 60% of transactions
BoE outlines plan to adapt to drop in cash volumes
Legislation will give regulators stronger powers to intervene in wholesale cash market
Nigerian central bank limits cash withdrawals
Governor says policy will increase cashless payments use and cut crime, but politicians criticise move
Currency round-up: BEAC to launch new banknote series
Afghanistan permitted to import new notes; Canada shortlists banknote figures; and more
Banknotes: RBA consults over putting King Charles on currency
Qatar issues World Cup commemorative currency; Laos brings out upgraded banknotes
Nigerian governor says new banknotes will lessen cash hoarding
Governor says 85% of notes are outside banking system as finance minister criticises move
Currency round-up
New notes for Paraguay, printing error for Thailand, and news from Peru, Costa Rica and Tonga
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
Irish central bank will still exchange old banknotes and coins
Authorities take opportunity to remind public that UK paper £20s and £50s are expiring
Banknotes round-up: Egypt debuts polymer note
Peru continues rollout of new series; Mexico to withdraw 20 peso note; and more
Kenyan governor denies shortage of small-denomination notes
Interior minister had claimed that politicians were draining supply to pay election bribes
Uzbekistan introduces new 200,000 som note
Highest denomination banknote designed to ease cash payments
Cash, not trash: the second lives of substrate
Central banks and their banknote providers are taking a range of approaches to recycling cash
Honduran banknote to honour murdered activist
Berta Cáceres, who was killed in 2016, has been declared a “national hero”
Fiji launches $7 varnished banknote
Reserve Bank issues commemorative note to celebrate rugby sevens squads
Are central banks ahead of banknote counterfeiters?
Antti Heinonen analyses data on recent trends in counterfeiting
Barbados to make switch to polymer
Redesigned banknotes will circulate by end of year, says governor