News In Brief
Banque de France has appointed the Alstef Group to supply the process automation system at its printworks and logistics centre in Vic-Le-Comte, which is currently under construction.
News - February 29, 2024 12:01 a.m. Read MoreNews In Brief
Banque de France has appointed the Alstef Group to supply the process automation system at its printworks and logistics centre in Vic-Le-Comte, which is currently under construction.
News - February 29, 2024 12:01 a.m. Read MoreIntaglio Platemaking for the Future from Jura and OEBS
A cooperative project between Jura (the developer of security prepress systems including software and hardware solutions) and OeBS (the Austrian banknote printer) has worked to develop direct engraved steel (S-DLE) intaglio printing plates, thus eliminating the use of an environmentally dangerous process and materials.
Companies - February 29, 2024 12:01 a.m. Read MoreIMBISA Secures First Euro Orders
Europe’s newest printworks, Spain’s Imprenta de Billetes SA (IMBISA), has been awarded a contract to produce all €10 banknotes destined for the Eurozone in 2024 – 424.2 million in total. It will also produce a portion of the €5 notes required next year.
Companies - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreIncrease in Notes (and Coins) for US Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has confirmed the order for banknotes for 2024, which will be in the range of 5.3-6.9 billion notes, valued at $180.5-204.4 billion.
Central Banks - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreNote and Coin News
The National Bank of Ukraine has issued a new commemorative 50 hryvnia banknote entitled ‘Unity saves the world’ on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Banknotes - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreKoenig & Bauer and the Future of Banknotes
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (K&B BNS) will be hosting an event this June to bring the international central bank community together around the future role cash will play in society.
Events - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreThe Beauty of Concept Notes
‘Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, the second issue of a special report from Currency News summarising the latest house notes, is now available to download and read.
Studies-Reports - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreRegistered Threads – Predictable Placement Dynamics
First level features for public authentication have grown remarkably over the years. The key objective is to stop counterfeits at the first pass. A solid combination of printed and substrate embedded features is available, and continues to grow.
Banknotes - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreSecurity Designers Forum – New Event for the Banknote Design Community
The first Security Designers Forum (SDF) will take place 9-11 September 2024 in Warsaw, Poland as a dedicated setting for all those involved in design and design decision-making relating to secure documents such as banknotes and passports, to learn, exchange knowledge and develop new ideas.
Events - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MorePolymer’s Not the Problem. It’s the Green Choice
The problems with plastic are widely known – but not well understood. The truth is, sometimes plastic is necessary. And when it comes to banknotes, polymer substrate is the green choice.
Banknotes - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreWebinars for All Aspects of Cash
Three webinars will be held over the coming weeks of interest to the banknote and coin communities, each with a very different focus
Events - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreCash Recycling and Recirculation
The second Cash Sustainability Forum (CSF) takes place in Frankfurt, Germany from 24-26 June. On the first afternoon will be a workshop dedicated to the recycling and recirculation of cash. It will build on a white paper currently being researched and prepared and for which input is still very welcome.
Events - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreGetting Ready for the Future
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (K&B BNS) has pre- launched its new production platform called ‘AKTINA’.
Companies - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreSustainability – Essential to Banknote Design
Biobanknote has spent 12 years focusing on the protection of the environment, building expert knowledge about composting banknotes, and offers professional advisory services to central banks and producers helping them set banknote specification parameters, measurement methodologies, controls and evaluations so that the new banknotes can be more sustainable throughout the cash cycle.
Sustainability - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreGermany Launches the National Cash Forum to Stabilise the Cash Cycle
The Bundesbank (BBk) has established a National Cash Forum to allow cash cycle stakeholders to exchange information on cash issues. The BBk wants the Forum to increase cooperation and pool interests for stakeholders in order to prepare initiatives to improve and stabilise the cash cycle. In itself, the creation of the Forum signals that the BBk and stakeholders support cash.
Central Banks - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreA Positive Picture for Cash Companies in 2023
Each February and March we cover the previous year’s results for the leading companies in cash management, most of whose financial years run from January to December. Between them these results provide a useful means of taking the pulse of our industry.
Companies - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreBSP Ups Orders for Polymer Notes
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will be circulating an additional 1 billion P1,000 polymer banknotes in 2024, double the amount previously ordered in 2021 for the circulation trial of the polymer versus the paper version.
Banknotes - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreAncient and Modern – Using Kazakhstan’s Unique Cultural Heritage to Create Pioneering New Banknote Series
Last November, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) issued a commemorative 10,000 tenge banknote to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the national currency, followed in December by the issue of the first banknote in a new note series, the 5,000 tenge.
Free - February 29, 2024 midnight Read MoreCounterfeit Corner
What is the primary reason that most countries issue a new banknote to replace an older design? To help prevent COUNTERFETING!
Counterfeiting - February 29, 2024 midnight Read More2024: a Year of Protecting Cash
2024 has kicked off with a focus on cash, particularly a series of initiatives by central banks to safeguard access to cash.
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