People gather outside the money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

People wait in line wearing protective face masks, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at a Western Union money transfer and currency exchange facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

A man takes Lebanese pound banknotes at the money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT in Beirut, Lebanon April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Crowds are formed outside the money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT after customers were informed it was the last day to retrieve transfers in dollars, in Beirut, Lebanon April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

People wearing face masks are seen at the entrance of money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT after customers were informed it was the last day to retrieve transfers in dollars, in Beirut, Lebanon April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Crowds form outside the money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT after customers were informed it was the last day to retrieve transfers in dollars, in Beirut, Lebanon April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

A Lebanese police officer walks near crowds formed outside the money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT after customers were informed it was the last day to retrieve transfers in dollars, in Beirut, Lebanon April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

People line up at a cashpoint of Sabadell bank branch to withdraw money as part of an action to protest the transfer of the bank's headquarters out of Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

People line up at a cashpoint of La Caixa bank branch to withdraw money as part of an action to protest the transfer of the bank's headquarters out of Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

A man uses a Sabadell Bank ATM machine in Barcelona to withdraw money as part of an action to protest the transfer of the bank's headquarters out of Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

People line up at a Sabadell Bank ATM machine in Barcelona to withdraw money as part of an action to protest the transfer of the bank's headquarters out of Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

The logo of a Western Union money transfer point is seen in Marseille, France, September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

An employee of Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) shows a restored 500 euro banknote at their bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo 

A employee of Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) restores a damaged 5 euro banknote at their bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

Pieces of a shredded 100 euro banknote mixed with some other shredded papers are pictured at the Austrian central bank's (Nationalbank) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

A damaged 20 euro banknote is pictured in a burnt wallet at the Austrian central bank's (Nationalbank) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Burnt 100 euro banknotes are pictured at the Austrian central bank's (Nationalbank) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Burnt 100 euro banknotes are pictured at the Austrian central bank's (Nationalbank) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Burnt 100 euro banknotes are pictured at the Austrian central bank's (Nationalbank) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

An employee of Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) shows burnt 100 euro banknotes at their bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

An employee of the Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) shows pieces of a shredded 100 euro banknote mixed with some other shredded papers at the bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

An employee of the Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) picks parts of a shredded 100 euro banknote out of some other shredded papers at the bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

An employee of Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) shows a restored 5 euro banknote at their bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

An employee of Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) shows a restored 500 euro banknote at their bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

An employee of the Austrian central bank (Nationalbank) picks parts of a shredded 100 euro banknote out of some other shredded papers at the bank's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2016. The team specialized in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes has to verify that more than 50 percent of them are still available to be able to transfer the same amount of money back to the owner. The damaged notes remain in the bank. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

A security guard walks past a montage of old U.S. dollar bills outside a currency exchange bureau ahead of a scheduled State visit by the U.S. President Barack Obama in Kenya's capital Nairobi July 23, 2015. Obama will land in Kenya on Friday with a mission to strengthen U.S. security and economic ties, but his personal connection to his father's birthplace will dominate a trip that Kenyans view as a native son returning home. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Afganistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (L), Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd R) and other world leaders attend the Afghanistan Conference in London, December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year involvement. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Andy Rain/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) speaks with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (2nd R) during the London Conference on Afghanistan December 4, 2014 The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Conference on Afghanistan in central London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN (POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (L), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd L), Afghanistan's Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah (3rd R), and British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) listen as Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during the Conference on Afghanistan in central London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said President Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd L) speaks with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (2nd R) during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/ Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (4th L) wait for a speech by British Prime Minister David Cameron during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/ Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) speaks with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (R) during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (R) during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/ Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah (R) during the Conference on Afghanistan in London December 4, 2014. The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan's new unity government even as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country after a 13-year war that ousted the Islamist Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said President Ashraf Ghani's new government had already made moves to combat money laundering and corruption since taking office in September in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghan history. REUTERS/ Dan Kitwood/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Shakir Hussein sits behind the counter window of his money transfer business, Mustaqbal Express, in Minneapolis June 23, 2014. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country, and the estimated annual total of $1.3 billion is more than all foreign aid and investment in Somalia combined, according to a study published last year by human aid organizations Adeso, Oxfam and the Inter-American Dialogue. Commercial banking disappeared in Somalia in the early 1990s, and Western money transfer companies such as Western Union Co and MoneyGram International Inc do not serve most parts of Somalia. This leaves the significantly cheaper and more informal money service businesses, or MSBs, to serve as intermediaries between the foreign banks that make the wire transfers and the intended recipients of the money. As these transmitters attracted attention from U.S. regulatory agencies that fear money launderers or militant groups would exploit them, banks around the world have been rapidly closing their accounts. Picture taken June 23, 2014. To match Feature BANKS-REMITTANCES/SOMALIA REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Mohammed Ahamed (R) waits as Shakir Hussein, owner of money transfer business Mustaqbal Express in Minneapolis, wires money to his ex-wife in Somalia, June 23, 2014. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country, and the estimated annual total of $1.3 billion is more than all foreign aid and investment in Somalia combined, according to a study published last year by human aid organizations Adeso, Oxfam and the Inter-American Dialogue. Commercial banking disappeared in Somalia in the early 1990s, and Western money transfer companies such as Western Union Co and MoneyGram International Inc do not serve most parts of Somalia. This leaves the significantly cheaper and more informal money service businesses, or MSBs, to serve as intermediaries between the foreign banks that make the wire transfers and the intended recipients of the money. As these transmitters attracted attention from U.S. regulatory agencies that fear money launderers or militant groups would exploit them, banks around the world have been rapidly closing their accounts. Picture taken June 23, 2014. To match Feature BANKS-REMITTANCES/SOMALIA REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Shakir Hussein (L), owner of money transfer business Mustaqbal Express, wires money for Mohammed Ahamed (at counter) for Ahamed's ex-wife in Somalia, in Minneapolis June 23, 2014. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country, and the estimated annual total of $1.3 billion is more than all foreign aid and investment in Somalia combined, according to a study published last year by human aid organizations Adeso, Oxfam and the Inter-American Dialogue. Commercial banking disappeared in Somalia in the early 1990s, and Western money transfer companies such as Western Union Co and MoneyGram International Inc do not serve most parts of Somalia. This leaves the significantly cheaper and more informal money service businesses, or MSBs, to serve as intermediaries between the foreign banks that make the wire transfers and the intended recipients of the money. As these transmitters attracted attention from U.S. regulatory agencies that fear money launderers or militant groups would exploit them, banks around the world have been rapidly closing their accounts. Picture taken June 23, 2014. To match Feature BANKS-REMITTANCES/SOMALIA REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Shakir Hussein (L), owner of money transfer business Mustaqbal Express, wires money for Mohammed Ahamed (at counter) for Ahamed's former wife in Somalia, in Minneapolis June 23, 2014. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country, and the estimated annual total of $1.3 billion is more than all foreign aid and investment in Somalia combined, according to a study published last year by human aid organizations Adeso, Oxfam and the Inter-American Dialogue. Commercial banking disappeared in Somalia in the early 1990s, and Western money transfer companies such as Western Union Co and MoneyGram International Inc do not serve most parts of Somalia. This leaves the significantly cheaper and more informal money service businesses, or MSBs, to serve as intermediaries between the foreign banks that make the wire transfers and the intended recipients of the money. As these transmitters attracted attention from U.S. regulatory agencies that fear money launderers or militant groups would exploit them, banks around the world have been rapidly closing their accounts. Picture taken June 23, 2014. To match Feature BANKS-REMITTANCES/SOMALIA REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Shakir Hussein stands at the counter of his money transfer business Mustaqbal Express in Minneapolis June 23, 2014. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country, and the estimated annual total of $1.3 billion is more than all foreign aid and investment in Somalia combined, according to a study published last year by human aid organizations Adeso, Oxfam and the Inter-American Dialogue. Commercial banking disappeared in Somalia in the early 1990s, and Western money transfer companies such as Western Union Co and MoneyGram International Inc do not serve most parts of Somalia. This leaves the significantly cheaper and more informal money service businesses, or MSBs, to serve as intermediaries between the foreign banks that make the wire transfers and the intended recipients of the money. As these transmitters attracted attention from U.S. regulatory agencies that fear money launderers or militant groups would exploit them, banks around the world have been rapidly closing their accounts. Picture taken June 23, 2014. To match Feature BANKS-REMITTANCES/SOMALIA REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

A forensic scientist seals reconstructed and counted 50 euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist carefully seperates euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist puts a seal around reconstructed and counted 50 euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist uses adhesive tape to reconstruct a 50 euro banknote which was damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist inspects euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A wad of reconstructed and counted 50 euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, lie on a table in front of a sign reading ' flood money' at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist inspects euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist inspects euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A forensic scientist inspects euro banknotes which were damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A forensic scientist holds up a reconstructed 50 euro banknote which was damaged during the recent floods, at the money analyzing laboratory of Germany's Federal Reserve bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, in Mainz July 31, 2013. The 13-member analyzing team specialize in the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed banknotes. Once the banknotes are verified, the Bundesbank will transfer the money back to the owner's account, while the damaged notes will be burned. Within eight weeks after the heavy floods in eastern and southern Germany more than 100,000 banknotes worth more than three million euros were sent to be examined. Last year the laboratory checked more than 840,000 banknotes worth over 32 million euros. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)