Following the announcement of the death of HRH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Finseta team send our condolences to the people of the United Arab Emirates at this sad time.
Krone/Kroner/Krona is a Nordic translation of the Latin word ‘Corona’ which means Crown. This has been the name for multiple historic currencies in Scandinavia. Currently, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all use a form of this word as their currencies name. There is also a variation, Koruna, which is the name of the currency…
We’ve all heard at least one story from a Scottish citizen visiting London or a befuddled tourist who can’t understand why the shop just refused to accept the currency a bank gave them. And why not? It’s a perfectly legitimate bank note, right? ‘Well, It’s not legal tender in England!’…
The origins of the term Franc, unsurprisingly, date back to medieval France. The Franc was historically used as a term to denote various monetary amounts in France. Following the French Revolution, a decimalised Franc was introduced as the national currency. The Franc was exported around the world in the 1800s and…
