A shopkeeper passes a customer their change in GBP pound sterling ten and twenty pound notes, at a shop in east London on March 31, 2023.
The world's largest banknote printer says printing money isn't that profitable anymore.
  • De La Rue, the world's largest banknote maker, issued a profit warning on Wednesday.
  • The company said in a stock exchange filing that demand for banknotes is at a 20-year low.
  • Central banks around the world snapped up banknotes during the pandemic and are working through stockpiles.

With demand plunging to a two-decade low, printing money isn't as lucrative as it used to be.

De La Rue, the world's largest banknote maker, issued a profit warning on Wednesday, flagging a lower demand for cash.