https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Three separate fast-food restaurants in Malmö caught customers attempting to pay with fake 500 kronor notes ($55), with one, in the district of Rosengård, forced to call the police when two young men became violent. https://www.thelocal.se/20181002/fake-banknotes-in-circulation-in-southern-sweden-malmo-lund Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:48:55 +0200 fake-banknotes-in-circulation-in-southern-sweden-malmo-lund Sweden's central bank is looking into launching its own digital currency, it has revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20161116/sweden-could-soon-have-its-own-digital-currency Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:40:05 +0100 sweden-could-soon-have-its-own-digital-currency The second batch of Sweden's new currency is going into circulation today as part of a huge project designed to replace hundreds of millions of banknotes and coins across the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20161003/cashless-swedes-get-new-coins-and-banknotes Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:42:23 +0200 cashless-swedes-get-new-coins-and-banknotes Old Swedish bank notes worth 1.4 billion ($162 million) kronor are still circulating, according to the country’s central bank, despite them having been declared invalid a month ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20160729/cashless-swedes-sitting-on-old-bills-billions Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:55:35 +0200 cashless-swedes-sitting-on-old-bills-billions Sweden's new banknotes have got off to a flying start. A month after their release, more than 1.3 billion kronor ($150 million) worth of new money is in circulation – in a country that increasingly prefers to pay by card. https://www.thelocal.se/20151111/sweden-cashes-in-on-new-banknotes Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:03:13 +0100 sweden-cashes-in-on-new-banknotes