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Op-Ed: The Brixton Pound goes digital

London - If you've never heard of the Brixton Pound, it's time you did. It is one of several local currencies circulating in Britain, and one of the ways ordinary people can break the monopoly of credit.

In the Media by Alexander Baron

Toronto Dollars assists small business across the city Special

As many small towns across North America promote local currency to help fledgling small businesses, Toronto Dollars, an 11-year-old non-profit organization, is helping Toronto merchants.

Digital Journal Report by Andrew Moran

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Bristol launches its own currency

Keeping it within the local economy

VIDEO: Greek town forms bartering system

As Greece wonders whether its debt crisis will eventually spell its exit from the euro, one town in the centre of the country, Volos, has formed an alternative local currency.

A Point of View: Making friends the shared currency way

Why France once wanted a single currency with the US

China loosens currency controls

China loosens its currency controls in a move that may spur gains in the value of the yuan.

Eurozone woes 'lesson' for Asean

Why Asean will not have a single currency