BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should consider banning 500 euro notes because their high value makes them too useful a vehicle of corruption and other illegal activity, the head of the EU ...

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 monetary ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should make proposals on how to reduce security risks linked to the 500 euro note which can be used for the financing of terrorism, the head of euro zone ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — A suitcase stuffed full of cash may soon be worth a lot less. In a move aimed at hampering cash transactions by terrorists, drug dealers and money launderers, the European Central ...