Long before the advancement of digital payments, financial establishments and governments have issued the biggest currency notes in the world to fill the role of cash in certain circumstances. But ...

While exchange rates are constantly shifting, some countries hold fast to the top spots for the world's strongest currencies.

The rift between the U.S. and the EU has reportedly led European officials to question whether the Federal Reserve would be instructed not to provide dollars to its allies in a crisis.

Brits thinking of paying with smaller change could also be caught out by Spain's currency changes, with reports suggesting ...

Currency shapes everything from daily transactions to global trade, yet most people rarely think about why we have different currencies in the first place. The idea of a world currency surfaces ...

The notes were phased out in part because of their association with criminality. The large denomination made it much easier for people to smuggle large amounts of cash across the EU, whereas nowadays, ...