Stress tests show resilience of European banking system
Press release
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) this evening published the results of the European banking stress tests carried out recently.
Innovations in payments and banking
All around us, constant innovations help making things better and easier to use. For example, processes for making payments or banking transactions are made simpler and faster every day. Technologies such as online banking, apps and wearables facilitate this. But how do those innovations work? And what about security? And what are cryptos, CBDC and blockchain? Find the answers here.
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Euro banknote counterfeiting fell during COVID-19 crisis
Press release
In the first half of 2020 just over 15,700 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the Netherlands. This was 23% less than in the first half of 2019. The decrease was most marked in the second quarter of 2020 (-47%) and can be attributed to the economic lockdown in the...
DNB calls for new agreements about cash
Press release
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) calls on stakeholders in the payment chain to make agreements to ensure that cash remains readily accessible and available in the Netherlands in the next five years. DNB announced this today after outgoing Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra had presented...