As of New Year's Day, the Frankfurt-based ECB, which manages monetary policy in euro-using countries, will have issued 14.25 billion bank notes in seven different bills through the 12 national ...

More Fake Euro Bills in Circulation Last Year Number of Counterfeit Bills ECB Withdraws Hits Three-Year High Jan. 13, 2014 10:20 am ET Share ...

Apparently, when you mix methamphetamine with human sweat, you get sulfuric acid, which destroys the bills. Bank officials tell a German magazine that some bank notes are crumbling as a result.

The 500-euro bill is being discontinued amid concerns that the big banknote has become too handy for money launderers. The European Central Bank, which is the monetary authority for the 19 ...

If agreed upon by EU lawmakers, the virtual currency could be ready for use by 2025 at the earliest. On its website, the ECB describes the digital euro as “like banknotes, but digital”.

The bathrooms at a branch of the UBS bank in Geneva, as well as in three nearby restaurants, had pipes stuffed with 500-euro bills that had apparently been cut up with scissors and flushed down ...