Currency

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Stanton Street bridge intercepted $89,031 in unreported currency. “CBP officers routinely conduct outbound inspections on traffic headed into …

STERLING, Va. – With the cost of fuel and consumer goods at historic highs, holding onto one’s money is imperative. For international travelers, that’s as easy as truthfully reporting all …

By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on emerging Asian currencies eased on hopes that monetary tightening will cool red-hot inflation, with short bets on the Thai baht falling sharply …

SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank on Tuesday said it was launching a one-year research programme into the case for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Australia, focusing on what …

(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.) MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank will allow banks from designated “unfriendly countries” to …

LONDON – Central banks will have to make “fundamental” decisions on cross-border access for a digital version of their currency to serve as a means of payment effectively, a committee …

CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Eric Iwu aka James, 32, a Nigerian citizen currently residing in Buffalo, NY, pleaded …

LONDON – Global rules would allow central bank digital currencies to operate smoothly cross-border and speed up wholesale payments, a think tank backed by the City of London Corporation said …

TAIPEI – Taiwan’s central bank is still working on its digital currency and while it’s unclear when the scheme could roll out to the public it will push ahead with …

By Mike Dolan LONDON – An upside down world of “reverse currency wars” is seeping into the real one. Devotees of Netflix hit “Stranger Things” know well how mayhem and …

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank bought HK$9.255 billion ($1.18 billion) from the market in New York trading hours to stop the local currency weakening and breaking its …

(Reuters) – Japan escalated its warnings on Friday against sharp falls in the yen, expressing “concern” over the moves in a rare joint statement by the government and the central …

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 25, 2022, Dale Richard Estep II, age 35, of Colonial Beach, Virginia, was …

LONDON, Ky. – Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested …

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – U.S. companies are ramping up efforts to protect their profits from a relentless rally in the dollar, as the greenback surges to multi-decade …

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect in a move Harare said was designed to stop speculation against the Zimbabwean dollar and was …

STERLING, Va. – The best way for travelers to keep their currency when traveling is to truthfully report all of it to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer …

By Steve Scherer and Julie Gordon OTTAWA – The front-runner to become the next leader of Canada’s opposition Conservatives said on Thursday he would ban the Bank of Canada from …

A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. The weak-currency gang is growing in force. The yen plunged to a new two-decade low versus the dollar on …

BANGUI – Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as an official currency, the presidency said on Wednesday, becoming the first country in Africa and only the second in the world …

            CONCORD – A federal grand jury returned a 33-count superseding indictment on Monday charging Ian Freeman, 41, and Aria DiMezzo, 35, both of Keene, with a variety of financial and fraud crimes, United States …

INDIO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four United States citizens in two separate events attempting to smuggle narcotics further into the United States. The first incident …