The recent announcement by Vancouver-based Fortress Paper to increase the printing capacity at their European mills (read “Fortress Paper announces approval of initial financing facility for PM1 rebuild”) reiterates the reality that even in a digital age the need for banknotes continues to increase worldwide.
Though credit cards, online banking and debit cards seem to be [...]
A move to reduce the amount of banknotes used in everyday transactions in Uzbekistan has hit some rather large setbacks, at times leaving people with no cash in hand at all.
The central-Asian country recently launched a campaign to push the use of debit cards as a more convenient way of conducting transactions, with the government [...]