YinYang/istockphotoWhen it comes to money, we tend to think that the U.S. dollar reigns supreme. But there are a handful of ...

By integrating numerous levels of these security features, central banks make counterfeiting very difficult and expensive, ...

Check the currency rates against all the world currencies here. The currency converter below is easy to use and the currency rates are updated frequently. This is very much needed given the ...

is the fifth-most valuable currency in the world. One of the oldest currencies on our list, it first saw circulation in 1489. Today, traders will receive 0.82 GBP for one USD. A long and reliable ...

Both currencies are suffering due to a combination of factors, including slow economic growth and high inflation. You can find the full list of the world's weakest currencies here.

International currency arrangements have come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the global financial crisis The dollar has been the preeminent global reserve currency for most of the past century.

In the early 1970s, U.S. treasury secretary John Connally could tell Europeans that the dollar was "our currency, but your problem." Today the world's dollar dependency is a problem for the United ...

Read on to learn more about the dollar's unofficial status as the world's currency, why it is so popular, and how U.S. dollars that move into and out of the U.S. are tracked. Dollarization is the ...

Its inclusion on this list supports China’s efforts to reduce the world’s dependence on the US dollar as the default reserve currency. The IMF rejected China’s application for the RMB to join the SDR ...