Fast Forward Britain’s New 5-Pound Note May Not Be Kosher Mark Carney’s Beef: Bank of England governor Mark Carney dips his new treyf 5-pound note into food. Image by Getty Images ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Once hovering on the brink of being classified as an endangered species, the humble five pound note is back with a vengeance. Britons are using 10 times more "fivers" than they ...

Two years ago, the central bank set lenders the goal of ensuring that at least 1.2 percent of the cash their hole-in-the wall machines dispensed was in five-pound notes by 2012.