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Title: [2016-02-28]Europe’s Banknote Furor Becomes Front Line on Future of Cash Post by: Blawpaw on February 28, 2016, 08:46:03 PM Europe’s Banknote Furor Becomes Front Line on Future of Cash
This isn’t of course the long-dead leader of al-Qaeda, but rather the 500-euro ($551) note -- as known by its Spanish nickname. Rarely seen by ordinary citizens, and suspected by officialdom of aiding criminality and terrorism, the single currency’s largest physical unit is slated for a potential phase-out by the European Central Bank... read more (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-26/from-bin-laden-to-bitcoin-europe-flirts-with-the-demise-of-cash) |