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Riksbank opens offices in Falun and Jönköping
17/03/2021 -The Riksbank is responsible for supplying Sweden with banknotes and has a cash handling office in Märsta, north of Stockholm. To enable cash handling in the event of a crisis or serious disruption to society, we are opening two new offices.
Card payments still dominate
07/11/2019 -The majority of household purchases in Sweden are made by card. In ten years, the average Swede has doubled their card use. However, large-scale payments often take place between companies and authorities and are done via credit transfers. Card...
FAQs on funding for lending programmes
21/09/2021 -The Riksbank decided to terminate this programme on 20 September 2021. The last auction procedure of the programme was held on 10 September 2021. In this programme, the Riksbank offered funding to banks of up to SEK 500 billion against collateral...
Why have US long-term yields risen?
11/05/2021 -It is primarily rising term premiums, not higher policy-rate expectations, that explain the increase in US long-term yields since last summer. This is according to an analysis by Jan Alsterlind at the Monetary Policy Department.
Why are people in Sweden no longer using cash?
29/10/2020 -Apart from Sweden, it is only in Norway that the amount of cash in circulation has fallen over the last ten years. For Sweden, this may be due to measures making cash less attractive being introduced at about the same time as Swish was emerging as...
International payments need to be improved
29/10/2020 -Payments between Sweden and the euro area function as smoothly as payments within Sweden. However, payments to countries with other currencies than the euro are often slow and expensive. International payments need to be improved...
Digital money – the Riksbank’s e-krona pilot
29/10/2020 -The Riksbank is investigating whether it would be possible to issue kronor to the general public in digital form, an ‘e-krona’. This would allow the general public access to the Riksbank’s money even if cash were to become further marginalised...
International cooperation on central bank digital currency
29/10/2020 -In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, cash payments have decreased in many countries. This has led to central bank cooperation on central bank digital currency landing high up on the policy agenda. International cooperation on central bank...
Logotype for e-krona pilot test work
18/10/2021 -The Riksbank started a pilot project in 2019 to produce a proposal for a technical solution for an e-krona. Since then, the e-krona pilot has conducted development and testing work in a limited technical environment. The Riksbank has now produced...