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A digital complement to cash
07/11/2019 -For 350 years, Swedish society has relied on the Riksbank to provide the country with money in the shape of Swedish krona. However, for some time, Sweden has gained attention as having the greatest and fastest decline in cash worldwide. This...
Invalid 1 000-krona banknotes
04/05/2018 -Invalid after 31 December 2013 1,000-krona banknote printed 1989-1991 Banknote Information Size 82x160 millimetres Watermark Portrait of Gustav Vasa. Face Portrait of Gustav Vasa. Reverse A harvest picture from Olaus Magnus' Description...
Payments have continued to function well during the coronavirus pandemic
29/10/2020 -In 2020, the coronavirus spread with devastating consequences for both individual people and social life. Public authorities around the world introduced comprehensive restrictions to prevent the virus from spreading, to protect human life and to...
The actual payment must be secure
07/11/2019 -Even if the money and institutions that manage our payments are secure, there may be other risks linked to our payments and means of payment. For example, cash is at risk of being counterfeited or stolen. As regards counterfeiting, the new...
Most payments are card payments
07/11/2019 -In terms of number of payments, card payments are totally dominant in Sweden. In total, about six billion payments were made in 2018, which is the equivalent of two payments per person per day. In most cases, payments were made by card, about 60...
The Riksbank to participate in the Total Defence Exercise 2020
07/11/2019 -The Swedish Government has decided to reinforce Sweden's national defence capacity. As part of the efforts, the Total Defence Exercise 2020 (TFÖ 2020) will be held under the command of the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Civil Contingencies...
Auction result 2025-12-02
02/12/2025 -Auction results of Riksbank certificate sale Auction Auction results Auction date 2025-12-02 Start date 2025-12-03 Maturity date 2025-12-10 Interest rate 1.75 % Offered volume, SEK bn 556.0 Total bid amount, SEK bn 416.0 Accepted...
New ways of using Swish
29/10/2020 -For purchases in physical shops, it is much more unusual to use Swish or invoicing. Only one per cent of respondents state that they have done so for their latest purchase. However, Swish is developing its services for payment using QR code and...
All payments presuppose an underlying infrastructure
29/10/2020 -For cash to be used in society, an underlying infrastructure is required in the form of ATMs, service boxes for daily takings, transport vans and secure premises for the storage of cash, for example. When paper-based credit transfers are used,...
Payments between accounts work less well into many currencies
29/10/2020 -Account-to-account payments between countries are common for purchases of larger objects such as cars, boats and real estate. They are also common in payments of taxes and fees, when making gifts and so on, when the payer initiates a payment to...