The National Bank is working on updating the design of the whole series of hryvnia banknotes.
This was announced during the press conference by the director of the NBU monetary circulation department Viktor Zayvenko, Ukrainian News informs.
“We recently began to change the design of large denominations of banknotes: UAH 100 of the sample in 2014 and 500 UAH in the sample of 2015. We are working on updating the design of a number of banknotes, the National Bank is constantly working on these issues. “, - he said.
According to him, data on the introduction or withdrawal from it of banknotes, coins or a change in the nominal number are made by the decision of the NBU Board, in which the terms of introduction into circulation and withdrawal from it are indicated.
As Ukrainian News informed, the National Bank is considering the possibility of refusing coinage of 1, 2, 5 and 25 kopeck coins.
Also in October, the NBU prohibited banks from carrying out transactions with Russian banknotes and coins with images of objects in the occupied territory.
Source : ukranews
