Money through time
When cheques stopped making the whole journey
How imaging changed the processing of a familiar paper payment.
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Money through time
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Money through time
The wartime arrival of the Bradbury pound
The Treasury notes that entered everyday circulation in 1914.
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The cash machine that changed banking hours
The Enfield machine and the shift towards accessing money beyond bank opening times.
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The 2022 gilt crisis
How long-term pension arrangements faced an urgent need for cash.
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Britain's inflation experience in 1975
How rising prices changed what an ordinary pound could buy.
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The day interest-rate decisions changed hands
The May 1997 change in how UK monetary policy decisions were made.
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Making bank switching work
The service designed around moving an account and its everyday payments.
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What happened on Black Monday?
A closer look at the market events behind the falling prices in 1987.
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The bank that was not rescued
Overend Gurney's collapse and the Bank of England's decision in 1866.
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How Chip and PIN changed the checkout
The change in payment habits behind Britain's switch from signatures to PINs.
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The birth of the Bank of England
The government loan and subscribers behind the bank's beginnings in 1694.
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