Colonialism began as a mercantilist enterprise, with companies establishing trading posts along the ocean coastlines in the warm waters of the tropics. They used whichever medium of exchange was most ...

When French President Emmanuel Macron holds talks with his Ivory Coast counterpart on Saturday (December 22), the future of the French-backed CFA franc currency will be under scrutiny. It's a lifeline ...

Luigi Di Maio, an Italian deputy prime minister, took aim at President Emmanuel Macron of France this week, laying the blame for migration, a deeply divisive issue in Italy, on Mr. Macron. Citing a ...

Overhauling the CFA franc, a France-backed currency used by former colonies in West Africa, could give Francophone Africa more control over their economies, experts say, even as skepticism remains.

If you travel to France these days, you’ll be dealing in European currency rather than French currency. That’s been the case since 2000, when the country adopted the euro as its official currency.

The Abbot of Bazinham once computed that in the first thousand years after Charlemagne, French currency was devalued 40 times. In the 19th century, the gold franc was such a rock that the currencies ...

NATIONAL Front leader Marine Le Pen wants Europe to keep a single currency even if France votes to leave the Eurozone amid calls for an entirely new French currency. Speaking during a TV interview, ...

Emmanuel Macron has met with West African leaders to revamp the regional currency. The CFA Franc has been criticized as a relic of French colonialism, which Macron called a "grave mistake." French ...

French Basque Country has its own micro-currency – and it’s hitting the big time. Now other European communities are hoping to replicate its success. It didn’t take long after my arrival in Bayonne, ...