U.S. dollar firmer as U.S.-Iran conflict intensifies
SINGAPORE - The U.S. dollar made a modest advance against most of its global peers at the start of Asian...
Currencies
Converging interest rates – what it means for currency values
Summary of key points: - NZ, Aussie and US interest rates set to converge to the same level US interest...
He Thought He Was Being Scammed at Checkout, But then Employee Broke Down the Country’s Strict Currency Rounding Rules
Shutterstock The United States recently stopped producing pennies. I can partly understand it, but it’s the end of an era....
Iraqi authorities seize over one billion dinars in counterfeit currency
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iraqi security forces have seized over one billion dinars (around $760,000) in counterfeit currency,...
Zhang Ming: A Chinese model for currency internationalisation is taking shape
The dollar’s rise has long suggested a familiar path to currency internationalisation: run trade deficits, supply the world with liquidity...
A weak yen turned Tokyo into a steal. A strong shekel turned Tel Aviv into the world’s most expensive city to buy McDonald’s
A McMeal costs the equivalent of $20.90 in Tel Aviv, the highest price on Earth, and $4.90 in Tokyo, once...
Foreign investors to use won overseas without accounts at Korean banks
A Hana Bank official checks 50,000 won banknotes at the bank's headquarters in Seoul, July 15, 2025. Newsis Korea will...
Won Leads G20 Currencies in July With 4.27% Gain as SK Hynix ADR Inflows Loom
The won’s value rose 4.27% against the dollar in July, marking the biggest appreciation among G20 currencies. Expectations that $26.5...
South Korea to ease FX rules for foreigners to trade won in push to liberalise forex market
Published Sun, Jul 19, 2026 · 12:51 PMSOUTH Korea laid out a detailed plan to make the won freely tradable...
South Korea to ease forex rules for foreigners to trade won in push to liberalise market
The reforms underscore the government’s desire for currency internationalisationPublished Sun, Jul 19, 2026 · 12:51 PMSOUTH Korea has laid out...
