Bank of England

14/06/2026

Zach, banking and securities operations manager at the Bank, joins Jamilla in the podcast studio to chat about the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system, which facilitated payments worth £94 trillion in 2025 alone!

Tom takes to the streets, seeing how much people in the City really know about digital payments.

🧠 Think you know everything about how payments work? You might want to test yourself. If you don’t, this episode is definitely for you.

Watch on Apple Podcasts and other podcasting platforms:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-do-digital-payments-work/id1880090579?i=1000770142507

12/06/2026

Fun for all the family

🎨 We’ve come up with a fun and simple way for the children of the UK to get involved in our banknote consultation.

Teachers and parents – download and print our worksheet and challenge the kids to design their own versions of the new notes 💷

They can choose one animal from our shortlist and draw a picture to show us how it could look.

Share the creations with us and we'll share our favourites on our social media profiles.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/help-us-design-our-next-series-of-banknotes/banknote-challenge-for-families-and-schools

11/06/2026

09/06/2026

What does ‘liquidity’ mean? 🤔

Liquidity essentially means how quickly you can get cash when you need it.

An individual’s liquidity is normally the money in your bank account.

Banks have accounts with the Bank of England, where they hold central bank reserves and can generate additional liquidity in accounts held within RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement).

As well as providing settlement services, RTGS is also part of how the Bank of England implements monetary policy decisions. Interest is paid on reserves accounts at Bank Rate (aka interest rate) and provides secured liquidity to the UK’s financial system.

Learn from Zach and Jamilla’s chat in the full podcast episode. Available across Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5O5hDdRxTk3JEy7Q3HOLiF?si=dRKT3qHuStaXNfQHm35tOQ

08/06/2026

Our wildlife experts got together to discuss our banknote consultation 💷

Working with the wildlife experts, we’ve developed a shortlist of animals that could feature on the next series of banknotes.

£5, £10, £20 and £50

👩 Katy Bell, Ulster Wildlife

👨 Gordon Buchanan Wildlife Filmmaker

👩 Miranda Krestovnikoff, wildlife presenter

👨 Steve Ormerod, Cardiff University

👨 Nadeem Perera, wildlife presenter

👩 Dawn Scott, Nottingham Trent University

Have a look at our shortlist and tell us which animals you would like to see on our next series of banknotes.

You can select up to two examples from each category.

The consultation closes on 3 July.

Make your selection:

https://app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/41844465/6049/

07/06/2026

💷 Our consultation is open!

Have a look at our shortlist and tell us which animals you would like to see on our next series of banknotes.

🫵 You can select up to two examples from each category. The consultation closes on 3 July.

🦭🐝🦉🐸🦋🐇🦊🦅

Make your selection:

https://app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/41844465/6049/

07/06/2026

Zach, banking and securities operations manager at the Bank, joins Jamilla in the podcast studio to chat about the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system, which facilitated payments worth £94 trillion in 2025 alone!

Tom takes to the streets, seeing how much people in the City really know about digital payments.

🧠 Think you know everything about how payments work? You might want to test yourself. If you don’t, this episode is definitely for you.

Watch on Spotify and other podcasting platforms:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5O5hDdRxTk3JEy7Q3HOLiF?si=0kop48uGQ5CyYaY2PTNPTg

04/06/2026

🎨 We’ve come up with a fun and simple way for the children of the UK to get involved in our banknote consultation.

Teachers and parents – download and print our worksheet and challenge the kids to design their own versions of the new notes 💷

They can choose one animal from our shortlist and draw a picture to show us how it could look.

🦭🐝🦉🐸🦋🐇🦊🦅

Get involved:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/help-us-design-our-next-series-of-banknotes/banknote-challenge-for-families-and-schools