ISO 4217 a subdivision of pound sterling, the currency for the United Kingdom. Recently, cryptocurrencies have unofficially used ISO codes on various cryptocurrency exchanges, for instance LTC for Litecoin, NMC for Namecoin and XRP for Ripple. SIX Interbank Clearing (a Maintenance Agency of ISO) is currently studying the impact and role of cryptocurrencies and other independent currencies on ISO 4217. A number of currencies were official ISO 4217 currency codes and currency names until their replacement by the euro or other currencies. The table below shows the ISO currency codes of former currencies and their common names (which do not always match
Brazilian National Standards Organization Brazilian National Standards Organization The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, usually rendered in Portuguese as Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) is a private non-profit organization and the normative body which is responsible for technical standards in Brazil, and intends to promote technological development in the country. Brazilian national standards published by the association are named "Norma Brasileira Regulamentadora" and abbreviated NBR. ABNT was founded in 1940. It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962. It is a founding member of the "International Organization for Standardization" (ISO), the Panamerican Standards Commission (COPANT) and the Asociación Mercosur de Normalización