South America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Argentina, are planning to create a joint currency called ‘Sur.’ But can it work?

There is hardly anyone left who overlooked the bitcoin bull market, with BTC pushing to new all-time highs this year. Blockchain, it seems, is here to stay. The way legacy institutions and governments react will determine the future of finance. OctaFX wonders if peaceful coexistence might be an option?

Shared by 14 countries across West and Central Africa, the CFA franc often divides opinion. Now, as opposition towards the controversial currency mounts, its future on the continent is being brought into question

In 2008, a hyperinflation crisis destroyed Zimbabwe’s currency. The embattled African nation appears to be heading down the same route once again, but this time, there’s no light at the end of the tunnel

Money was invented to represent goods that were for sale, but it became an indispensable part of society once coins started being used to motivate soldiers and control the public. Understanding money’s historic power helps us create better economic models

Ghana’s banks are helping to get the economy back on track despite high inflation rates and a weakening currency

As nations around the world abandon cash in favour of mobile banking, we may well be witnessing the demise of physical money

Chinese authorities have heightened efforts to stem currency outflows in a bid to relieve downward pressure on the yuan

For more than 30 years, Hong Kong’s currency has been pegged to the US dollar, but with the Fed raising rates and China’s economic slowdown, it could be the end of the LERS

The US Treasury announces that a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 note in 2020

After years of accusations, the Chinese government is no longer accused of currency manipulation

Growing demand for the Hong Kong dollar is making it more difficult for the city to preserve its currency peg to the US

Russia has called for the EEU to adopt its own single currency and central bank

Reports suggest Google is creating a bitcoin payment system as a temporary rise in digital currency prices causes a market-wide resurgence

Interest rate cuts continue as Denmark insists on maintaining long-held pegging of krone to the euro