Banknote/Note

CashEssentials's photography portal contains an array of photos received from its contests throughout the years, featuring the use of banknotes and coins worldwide.

While travel restrictions continue to take glide, CashEssentials takes you on a trip to live out of your suitcase – or rather, your wallet – as we travel through banknotes and give you a glimpse of fascinating places and attractions.

An ECB study belatedly confirms that cash is safe to use despite the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The SARS-CoV-2 virus lasts longer on stainless steel than on banknotes and euro coins. PVC and stainless steel are more likely to transfer the virus than cash.

Cash in circulation increased in the euro area during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. An increase in the precautionary demand for cash more than compensated the decline in its transactional demand. Fears over the role of cash in Covid-19 transmission weighed down on its use in payments.

Available statistics show that most countries around the world experienced a run for cash in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Around the globe, protestors have been marching in response to the death of George Floyd in the US and against systemic and institutional racism. It is high time for banknotes to display more ethnic diversity.

In Sweden, a new law came into effect on January 1st requiring banks to provide an adequate level of cash services. The central bank now says that there is no evidence that banknotes spread coronavirus.

As the Coronavirus spreads across the globe, panic reactions are happening, including the targeting of cash which has been blamed by some media for spreading the virus. ATMIA speaks out against the scapegoating of cash.

Patriarchy is alive and kicking including on banknotes. Women are featured on a minority of banknotes around the world but the situation is improving.

As we celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March, enjoy and journey through an expedition of banknotes across the world featuring beautifully varied wild plants and animals.

Nigeria’s House of Representatives urged the nation’s Central Bank to suspend the implementation of the cashless policy on deposits which came into effect on 18 September 2019.

After the destruction of unfit banknotes, several of these methods allow the shreds to be used as a natural resource, showing how cash is fit for sustainability.