currency

A currency, in the most specific sense is money in any form when in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money in common use, especially for people in a nation.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Cash Secures Future as Lawmakers Prioritize Inclusive Payment Methods
Cash Secures Future as Lawmakers Prioritize Inclusive Payment Methods
March 12, 2024  |  Cash

The recent move by Norway to enact rules ensuring consumers’ ability to pay with cash reflects a growing concern over the potential exclusion of certain...

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Travelex CEO Says Travelers Getting Smarter About Managing FX Risks
Travelex CEO Says Travelers Getting Smarter About Managing FX Risks
March 07, 2024  |  Travel Payments

The travel industry is on a strong rebound post-pandemic, experiencing a notable resurgence in activity and revenue. And despite the rise of digital payments methods, Richard...

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Nigerian ATMs Run Dry Ahead of Currency Switchover
Nigerian ATMs Run Dry Ahead of Currency Switchover
February 05, 2023  |  Cash

Nigeria’s switchover to new paper currency has grown more chaotic. ATMs in Africa’s largest economy have run out of new notes, Bloomberg News reported Saturday...

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Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two-thirds of Salvadoran citizens consider President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin policy a failure and more than three-quarters have never used it, German public news outlet Deutsche...

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Some Central Bankers Signal Support for Private Sector Digital Currencies Over CBDCs
Some Central Bankers Signal Support for Private Sector Digital Currencies Over CBDCs
July 26, 2022  |  CBDC

Conventional wisdom holds that, as digital currencies continue to evolve and as bitcoin and its brethren joust with the traditional banking system, central banks would...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin Experiment Increasingly Unpopular with Bond Market, US Congress and Salvadorans
El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin Experiment Increasingly Unpopular with Bond Market, US Congress and Salvadorans
May 06, 2022  |  Bitcoin

The bitcoin-boosting president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has bet the house on the first cryptocurrency. First by making it legal tender and then staking...

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PayPal’s Bitcoin Backing Proves Crypto Is Ready For Prime Time (And Grandma)
PayPal’s Bitcoin Backing Proves Crypto Is Ready For Prime Time (And Grandma)
November 30, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

When PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users can deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants next year,...

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Stablecoins:  Bitcoin’s Cousin Fights For Respect
Stablecoins: Bitcoin’s Cousin Fights For Respect
October 30, 2020  |  Investments

At a time when hundreds of cryptocurrencies are battling alongside bitcoin to earn the trust and mass embrace of consumers, business and banks, their digital...

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In Germany, Cold Hard Cash Still the Way to Pay
In Germany, Cold Hard Cash Still the Way to Pay
August 12, 2020  |  Cash

Amid the great digital shift, there are still pockets of commerce — and even entire countries — where cash is king. As detailed by NPR, though at...

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