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| Offers information on electronic money products that were either in use or under development worldwide at the beginning of the new millennium. Both card and network based products are discussed, and policy responses on related issues are given for each country. Presented as a PDF file. | |
| Provides an overview of the Danish referendum held in September 2000, which resulted in a vote against joining the European single currency. Examines the background to the opt out, campaigns adopted, public attitudes towards the Euro, and assesses the political implications of the outcome. | ||
| Exchange rates for a range of foreign currency, and rate information for the last thirty days. Also includes a currency calculator function. Exchange rate information is based on the daily 12 noon buying rates by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. | ||
| A Web based currency obtained by buying goods such as holidays, cars, books, flowers, and software over the Internet. Once earned, Ipoints may be exchanged online as payment for CDs, computer games, videos, flights, and vouchers for shops such as Marks and Spencer. | ||
| Provides statistics on means of payment for transactions in the G10 group of nations; Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. Includes data on settlement media used by banks, bank notes and coins in circulation, cash dispensers and ATMs, and debit/credit cards in circulation. Data provided covers the period 1995 1999. | ||
| Information in English or French on the Bank of Canada and its publications, exchange rates, library, and currency museum. | ||
| Working papers examining the causes of exchange rate crises in emerging market countries, and investigating policies to reduce the risks and possible adverse effects of future crises. Offers information on forthcoming related conferences. | ||
| Presents a guide to information sources on the European single currency. Coverage includes business tools and implementation issues, national governments, European banks, news sources and unofficial guides, and exchange rates. | ||
| Official UK Government website for the euro. Contains information for UK businesses preparing for the advent of the euro. | ||
| Collection of links to tools and resources offering information on the value of money, in terms of purchasing power, at any given time in history. Also offers a guide to printed sources of interest. | ||
| Information about Beenz, a proposed currency for the Web. Beenz can be earned and spent on the Internet, and business and trader services are provided to help manage accounts. | ||
| Information about the proposed common currency unit of the European Union, presented in all eleven official languages. | ||
| Links to resources covering e money FAQs, payment systems information, and articles and conference papers relating to electronic money. | ||
| Questions and answers for European citizens relating to the euro and European Economic and Monetary Union. Chapters, available as PDF files, feature information on the impact of the euro on society and personal finances, the changeover from national currencies, and the institutions, procedures, and policies which comprise the EMU. | ||
| Information on the history of money in the context of social, political, economic and technological developments from prehistory to the end of the twentieth century. Includes a collection of essays on the origins of money and banking; warfare and financial history; the significance of Celtic coinage; Britain and European Monetary Union; democracy and government control of the money supply; third world money and debt in the twentieth century. | ||
| Converts any one of a wide range currencies to any other, at current rates of exchange. Information available in English, French or Swedish. | ||
| Converts any one of several dozen currencies to any other, at current rates of exchange. | ||
| Collection of bank note images depicting scenes of slavery in Civil War America. Material is organised alphabetically by state or according to activities associated with slave labour. Also contains an overview of the Civil War. | ||
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