Zimbabwe launches new gold-backed currency
Harare (AFP) - Zimbabwe's central bank launched a new "structured currency" backed by gold on Friday, as it seeks to ...
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Yen hits 34-year low against dollar
Tokyo (AFP) - The yen hit a 34-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, just over a week after the ...
Iraq Central Bank says regulated dollar transactions rising
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq, fighting a booming currency black market, has considerably increased overseas dollar transactions through the official global ...
Hong Kong’s popular Octopus card expands to mainland China
Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's popular Octopus tap-and-go card will be accepted on public transport in more than 336 ...
Dinar ban sparks cash crunch for Kosovo Serbs
Gracanica (Kosovo) (AFP) - Serb communities in parts of Kosovo are struggling to get their hands on dinars, jeopardising the ...
Egypt secures extra $5 bn in IMF loans as pound plunges
Cairo (AFP) - Egypt secured an additional $5 billion in IMF loans on Wednesday, the two sides said, after the ...
Economy another victim of war in impoverished Sudan
Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) - Before the Sudanese army and paramilitary fighters turned their guns on each other last year, ...
Kosovo’s Serbs hit by lines, limited withdrawals after currency ban
Mitrovica (Kosovo) (AFP) - Long lines snaked around banks in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, as ethnic Serbs waited to receive ...
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