This marks the beginning of the end of the 500 euro bill. The European Central Bank announced Wednesday that it will phase out the 500 euro banknote because of concerns that this banknote "could ...

This marks the beginning of the end of the 500 euro bill. The European Central Bank announced Wednesday that it will phase out the 500 euro banknote because of concerns that this banknote “could ...

In a move aimed at hampering cash transactions by terrorists, drug dealers and money launderers, the European Central Bank announced last week an end to the 500-euro bank note, worth roughly $575.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Production of the 500-euro banknote is being discontinued amid concerns it had become too popular among crooks and money launderers. The European Central Bank ...

The eurozone is moving to stop printing 500-euro banknotes, the violet-coloured bills that authorities fear are favoured by criminals, with most of the 19 nations in the currency bloc to halt ...

Now the 500 euro note is being withdrawn from sale in the UK. Like almost all organised crime, the breakfast cereal box plan was done with the minimum of fuss. Eftychia Symeonidoy stood outside a ...

The European Central Bank is discontinuing the 500 euro bank note, making the 200 note the euro’s highest denomination. The ECB will phase out the note by 2018, but for now, it’s still ...

It closed an annual 500 million euro (£424 million) trade in the distinctive largest denomination euro note among businesses across the country. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which ...