Euro banknotes set to get a facelift, ECB says

Euro banknotes are set to get a new design with themes focused on European culture, birds and rivers in an effort to make them more relatable, the European Central Bank said on Thursday. Due towards the end of the decade at the earliest, the banknotes are also aimed at reassuring the public that cash is here to stay, even as the ECB works on launching a digital version of its own currency, possibly around the same as it rolls out the new bills. Banknotes under the culture theme could depict monuments, works of art, literature, music, scientific discoveries and inventions.