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Ecuador’s ‘digital currency’ explained

Guardian Professional, 11 Sep 2014: 40% of Ecuadorian adults don’t have a bank account, but is their new ‘currency’ more about escaping the US dollar?
Bitcoin could pose threat to financial stability of UK, warns Bank of England

11 Sep 2014:
Factors such as inherent volatility means digital currency unlikely to win over enough users to supplant existing banking system
Paypal to accept bitcoin through subsidiary Braintree

11 Sep 2014: Websites using Paypal can start taking bitcoin, prompting speculation the cryptocurrency will surge
Scottish independence: why are mortgage lenders fretting about yes vote?

10 Sep 2014:
Banks fear issuing mortgages in sterling, and then facing risk that customers north of the border switch to a new currency
Scottish savers likely to have continued bank account protection

10 Sep 2014: FSCS admits uncertainty exists but says EU directive protecting €100,000 in accounts should calm any bank run fears
Scottish independence: Party leaders take high road to Scotland to avert yes vote

10 Sep 2014:
Salmond derides 'panic' in no campaign as Cameron, Miliband and Clegg appeal to Scots and Carney warns on currency union
Consumer confidence falls for seventh straight month

10 Sep 2014: Gloomy survey pushes Australian dollar to six-month low as budget worries weigh on consumers
The Guardian view on an independent Scottish economy

9 Sep 2014: Editorial: Many smaller and less prosperous states can and do pay their way. But economic sovereignty is rarely absolute, and a go-it-alone Scotland would face many constraints
Don't blame Mark Carney for injecting facts into Scotland-pound debate

9 Sep 2014: Nils Pratley: Bank of England boss is right: inside a currency zone, a country can't have sovereignty in the sense of full fiscal independence
Scottish independence: currency union 'incompatible with sovereignty'

9 Sep 2014: Mark Carney's comments come as UK's party leaders announce plans to spend Wednesday campaigning in Scotland
Billions of pounds wiped off value of Scottish-linked firms in market fright

8 Sep 2014: Investors dump companies and sterling as analysts warn clients to 'be afraid, be very afraid' after poll lead for yes camp
Threats of 'sterlingisation' if Scotland votes yes likely to cut little ice

8 Sep 2014: Ultimatum of using pound informally to force Westminster to give ground on currency union is risky both politically and financially
Billions of pounds wiped from value of Scottish firms after yes vote leads independence poll

8 Sep 2014:
Lloyds Banking Group worst hit falling £1.7bn in value as stock and currency markets get jitters over shock YouGov poll
De La Rue seals deal to print plastic UK banknotes

8 Sep 2014: Ten-year contract set to be signed soon with polymer-based £5 note out in 2016 and Jane Austen £10 note in 2017
Scottish independence: pound could drop 10% in value

7 Sep 2014: Currency suffered worst week in more than a year and lead for yes campaign could accelerate slide