Do Currencies Matter for Fund Investors?
Did you know that currencies can play a significant role in your investment returns? Yet most investors don’t consciously factor...
Currencies
PayPal allows Bitcoin and crypto spending
21 October 2020PayPal has entered the cryptocurrency market, announcing that its customers will be able to buy and sell Bitcoin...
What’s a digital euro? 5 things to know – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. No cash? No plastic? No problem. Pay in digital...
Central banks and BIS publish first central bank digital currency (CBDC) report laying out key requirements
News releaseSeven central banks and BIS release report assessing the feasibility of publicly available CBDCs in helping central banks deliver...
EU to create ‘superbody’ of watchdogs to oversee digital currencies – EURACTIV.com
The EU will set up a new college of supervisors, including national and European authorities, to oversee “significant” digital currencies...
What Were the Old European Currencies Before the Euro? | IG US
Portuguese escudo The Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal from 1911 until 2002. The escudo replaced the real at a rate of 1000 real to one escudo following a Republican revolution which took place in 1910. The escudo often used ‘$’ to denominate escudos alongside centavos, which was the subunit of the escudo – similar to British pounds and pence or US dollars and cents. For example, 675$00 would be $675 escudo, while 43$87 would be $43 escudos and 87 centavos. Because Portugal remained neutral during World War Two,...
China’s central bank has taken the lead in digital currencies. What does it mean for businesses?
As if Covid-19 and the trade war hasn’t done enough to upend global business between the US and China, yet...
EU, China to cooperate on central bank digital currency? – Ledger Insights
On Tuesday, the European Union and China had trade and economic discussions via video conferencing in which supply chains and...
Decimalisation | NatWest Group Heritage Hub
Before decimalisation in 1971, the UK sterling currency was divided into pounds, shillings and pence (£:s:d). One pound was made...
Why does China have two currencies?
China is not one to play by the rules when it comes to currency and so while most countries are...
