Amount of Currency Discarded Due to Damage Down 40 pct as Non-cash Payments Increase

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of bills and coins that the central bank discarded due to damage declined nearly 40 percent as people increased the use of non-cash payments for consumption, data showed Friday. A total of 403.5 million damaged bills and coins were discarded last year, down 37.2 percent from 642.6 [...]