The European Central Bank this month introduced a brand-new version of the €5 banknote, loaded with next-generation security features to deter counterfeiting. There’s just one problem with the crisp ...

The ECB unveiled the new €5 note today. From the ECB: The new €5 banknote has benefited from advances in banknote technology since the first series was introduced over ten years ago. It includes some ...

The European Central Bank is revamping euro banknotes for the first time since their launch 23 years ago. The Bank is seeking a new design for the banknotes, with possible subjects including cultural ...

Euro banknotes are piled up on a table in the foreign exchange department of UBS bank in Zurich, Switzerland, in this 2001 file photo. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martin Ruetschi, File) FRANKFURT AM MAIN, ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should consider banning 500 euro notes because their high value makes them too useful a vehicle of corruption and other illegal activity, the head of the EU ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank unveiled a new 50 euro banknote on Tuesday to replace its most widely counterfeited bill and reaffirm its commitment to the use of cash. The new bill ...

ALMOST 30 per cent of the more than 1 trillion euros ($A1.6 trillion) of cash in circulation last year was hoarded in 500 euro notes, ECB data show.

This marks the beginning of the end of the 500 euro bill. The European Central Bank announced Wednesday that it will phase out the 500 euro banknote because of concerns that this banknote “could ...

Research due to be presented at this year's European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* shows that European banknotes are more easily contaminated by microbes than ...