Money
7 questions tagged Money — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
Whose face is on the US hundred-dollar bill?
Benjamin Franklin appears on the US hundred-dollar bill, though he was never president.
Whose face is on the hundred dollar bill?
The face on the United States one hundred dollar bill is Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, even though he was never a president.
Which person is the richest in the world?
In recent rankings by Forbes and Bloomberg, Elon Musk has been the world’s richest person, though the top spot can change as share prices move.
What is a mortgage?
A mortgage is a loan used to buy property, where the property itself serves as security for the loan.
How does contactless payment work?
Contactless cards and phones use near-field communication (NFC), a short-range radio link of a few centimetres, to send a one-time encrypted code to the payment terminal.
When was paper money first used?
Paper money was first used in China, where merchants used paper notes in the Tang dynasty and the Song government issued official banknotes in the 11th century.
When were the first coins made?
The first known coins were made in the kingdom of Lydia, in what is now western Turkey, around the 7th century BCE.