Design agency Pentagram has created a new logo and visual identity for Mastercard, the credit card company's first branding redesign in 20 years. More about Pentagram brings Mastercard into the digital age with pared-back logo redesign
Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller has created a new limited-edition banknote for the Brixton Pound, a currency that supports south London's local economy. More about Jeremy Deller designs special-edition note for Brixton Pound
News: Norway's central bank has selected pixellated designs by Oslo design studio Snøhetta to feature on the back of the country's new banknotes. More about Snøhetta graphics to feature on Norwegian banknotes
British designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating has reimagined the financial system to create a banking process intended to encourage users to think more about their purchases for this year's Designers in Residence programme at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about Patrick Stevenson-Keating reimagines the value of currency
News: Apple's annual conference has moved onto money, as the tech firm launches Apple Pay – a mobile payments system that will allow users to buy goods with their phone in shops and online. More about "Apple Pay will forever change the way we buy" says Tim Cook
News: the UK's Royal Mint has unveiled a revised £1 coin with 12 sides, which it hopes will make the currency harder to forge. More about UK's Royal Mint reveals 12-sided £1 coin
News: the United States Mint has produced its first contact lens-shaped coins to commemorate 75 years of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. More about US Mint produces domed coins
News: the fictional bridges depicted on Euro banknotes have been been transformed into reality at a new housing development near Rotterdam. More about Fictional bridges on Euro banknotes constructed in the Netherlands
Opinion: as the Bank of England unveils the design of its new £5 note, Sam Jacob ponders the historic and cultural symbolism of money in this week's opinion column. More about "Money acts as a piece of national pageantry"
A Tube train will appear on the back of Britain's £2 coins next year, designed by British studio BarberOsgerby for the Royal Mint to celebrate the 150th anniversary of London Underground. More about London Underground 150th anniversary coin by BarberOsgerby
This money box by London designer Sebastian Bergne displays your savings on the wall like a picture. More about Wall Saver by Sebastian Bergne for L’Atelier d’Exercises
London-based Latvian designers Arthur Analts and Rudolph Strelis have made a series of bowls from shredded money. More about Money bowls by Arthur Analts and Rudolph Strelis
Tokyo 2010: Japanese studio Nendo have created these bottle-shaped piggy banks with two coin slots that mimic a pig's snout. More about Pyggy Bank by Nendo