Banknotes
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
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, and 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
Central banks have fewer cash distribution centres on average
However, some have added processing facilities in last five years
Most central banks do not own their own printworks
Fewer than a quarter report operating printing plants and two-thirds say they outsource
Demand for cash in turbulent times
Antti Heinonen analyses trends in cash use as Covid fades, but new shocks take its place
Currency round-up
New notes for Paraguay, printing error for Thailand, and news from Peru, Costa Rica and Tonga
Charles III coins will circulate by end of year, says UK mint
New king will appear on 50 pence coin and commemorative issue
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
Is there a case for a retail CBDC in Japan?
A BoJ-managed, account-ledger ‘digital yen’ tied to the new Kotora payments may offer some potential
Irish central bank will still exchange old banknotes and coins
Authorities take opportunity to remind public that UK paper £20s and £50s are expiring
Morocco’s Jouahri on inflation, forex reform, digitalisation and sustainability
The Central Bank of Morocco governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about Covid-19 policies, Fed tightening, BIS membership, regional co-operation and financial inclusion
Book notes: Can’t we just print more money?, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning
A genuinely readable but non-neutral introduction to economics
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
Cash, not trash: the second lives of substrate
Central banks and their banknote providers are taking a range of approaches to recycling cash
Banknotes: April to June 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months