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)

Travelex Ditches Sale After Banks Reject Offers
Travelex Ditches Sale After Banks Reject Offers
June 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Foreign exchange giant Travelex is pulling its offer of sale to prospective buyers after none of the buyers could offer an acceptable deal to the...

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Fed Plans Release Of Clean Cash As Virus Spreads
Fed Plans Release Of Clean Cash As Virus Spreads
March 22, 2020  |  Coronavirus

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve has plans to print new money that will not have come into contact with the virus,...

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The Connected Economy: It’s About Time
The Connected Economy: It’s About Time
February 24, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

One of the most important innovations in history is the pendulum clock, which was invented in 1636 by Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist and founder...

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Deutsche Bank To Help Sri Lanka With Digital FX
Deutsche Bank To Help Sri Lanka With Digital FX
February 18, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Deutsche Bank announced on Tuesday (Feb. 18) that it would improve its Sri Lanka operation with the launch of a new digital foreign exchange (FX)...

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Bitcoin Daily: Tencent Plans To Launch Digital Blockchain Bank; HMRC Does Not Consider Crypto As Currency
Bitcoin Daily: Tencent Plans To Launch Digital Blockchain Bank; HMRC Does Not Consider Crypto As...
November 11, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Tencent has announced that it will launch a blockchain-based virtual bank. The company’s blockchain chief Yige Cai revealed last week that the Hong Kong Securities...

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Bitcoin Daily: CoinFLEX Takes Bets On Libra Launch; Germany’s Finance Minister Speaks Out Against Private Currency
Bitcoin Daily: CoinFLEX Takes Bets On Libra Launch; Germany’s Finance Minister Speaks Out Against Private...
October 08, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Despite the fact that Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency, Libra, has been under intense scrutiny, one crypto-futures exchange is planning for its future. CoinFLEX, which launched earlier...

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daVinci Payments Launches CNY Funded Prepaid Cards
daVinci Payments Launches CNY Funded Prepaid Cards
September 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Illinois-based daVinci Payments has announced it is releasing a Chinese Yuan (CNY) corporate-funded prepaid card for employees or customers of multi-national corporations. The launch makes...

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Argentine Currency Controls Could Trigger Black Market Trading
Argentine Currency Controls Could Trigger Black Market Trading
September 09, 2019  |  International

Black-market money changers are expected to return in Argentina following the government’s recent rollout of currency controls in an attempt to quell the demand for...

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Despite Meeting Swiss, US Lawmakers Remain Libra Skeptics
Despite Meeting Swiss, US Lawmakers Remain Libra Skeptics
August 26, 2019  |  Facebook

U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters met with government officials in Switzerland about Libra, and said she remained concerned about the viability of...

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