In response to a series of criticisms carried in most of the local newspapers regarding the lack of small change in Dominican commercial establishments, the assistant operations manager of the Central Bank said that businesses are “not interested” in keeping an inventory of small change in their cash registers. Jose Clemente Taveras Rivas told Listin Diario reporter Solange de la Cruz Matos that there was just no interest in “making change.” The reporter consulted 13 commercial banks regarding the existence of small change in their vaults and all affirmed that they had coins on hand. Taveras Rivas was accompanied by Central Bank officials Jose Francisco Rodriguez and Frank Montero, who were agreed that with the exception of the Las Americas Airport there very little effort was made to accommodate customers with change. Airport officials said that small change was mainly in demand from tourists who wanted it for their collections or as souvenirs. The bank officials added that customers often leave the coins on the cash register because in and of itself, there is nothing to be bought with a 25? or a 10? piece. Commercial banks do have fractional currency in their vaults and it is available at the Central Bank.