– The War On Paper Currency Begins: ECB Votes To “Scrap” 500 Euro Bill:
Update: in case there was any doubt about the ECB’s true intentions, we just got the official “denial”:
- DRAGHI: ANY ECB ACTION ON EU500 NOTE IS NOT ABOUT REDUCING CASH
Translation: the ECB action is only about reducing physical cash, some 30% of it to be specific.
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The first shot in the global war on cash was just fired, by none other than the ECB, which moments ago Handelsblatt reported…
ECB wants to stop issuing 500 Euro bills – our exclusive https://t.co/LLe2qyhBjK
— Daniel Schäfer (@schaeferdaniel) February 15, 2016
… and Bloomberg confirmed – ECB COUNCIL VOTES TO SCRAP EU500 NOTE: HANDELSBLATT – has voted to scrap the second highest denominated European bank note in circulation:
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