We make payments every day. While we take their speed and security for granted, complex processes behind the scenes make high-quality payment systems possible. Find out more. About the production of euro banknotes. About checks on cash. And about internet banking and contactless payments.
In the first half of 2020 just over 15,700 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the Netherlands.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...
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...
Consumers from vulnerable groups such as senior citizens, disabled people and those with low digital skills experience a decline in the accessibility and availability of payment services. This seems to be related to the fact that banks increasingly digitalise their services and close branches.
