Latest News

Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

3 min read

The Security Ink Supplier of Chinese Banknotes and Beyond

China Banknote Ink Co Ltd (CBI) provides security inks and related products for China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPM).

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

1 min read

BSP Collects Award for Banknote of the Year

After the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announced earlier this year that the Philippines’ new polymer 1,000 piso was the 2022 Banknote of the Year winner (see CN April 2023), the Melbourne branch of the IBNS formally presented the award to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Assistant Governor Mary Anne Lim in a ceremony held at Note Printing Australia.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

1 min read

Out Now: Smartphones for Authentication

Reconnaissance International, co-publisher of Currency News™, is pleased to announce the release of its new report – ‘Smartphones for Authentication’ – the only publication of its kind.

Studies, Reports

Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

2 min read

Revealing Plans for EQUINOX24 – One Piece at a Time

Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBS) has launched its EQUINOX24 global event, which will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland from 20 May to 14 June 2024.

Events

Astrid Mitchell

27 Sept. 2023

2 min read

A Quantum Leap for Meta Materials

Meta Materials, under its former name of Nanotech Security Corporation, has been a pioneer in banknote OVD technology for the past decade with innovations in micro-, nano- and now plasmonic structures.

Banknotes Companies

Astrid Mitchell

27 Sept. 2023

2 min read

Koenig & Bauer Steps into Digital Authentication

Koenig & Bauer Banknotes Solutions (KBBS) is forging ahead with its agenda to create physical-digital technology bridges with the announcement of two new partnerships linked to digital authentication.

Companies Technology

Astrid Mitchell

28 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Vacuumatic Restructures, Expands in Germany

The Vacuumatic Group, in operation for over 70 years, has announced a restructuring programme involving the closure of its headquarters at Colchester in the UK, and the transfer of production to its former sales and service subsidiary in Germany.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

28 Aug. 2023

1 min read

New Partnership for Financial Literacy

Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBS) and Aflatoun International, a global leader in innovative financial literacy ecosystems, have announced a new partnership to explore and develop new ways to enable access to financial literacy resources, using banknotes as a tool.

Companies

Kerre Corbin

24 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Counterfeit Corner

This month we look at how to deter the most common types of counterfeits.

Counterfeiting

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

2 min read

In Other News…

The Central Bank of Jordan has issued the fifth and final note in its new series – the 5 Jordanian dinar (JD).

News

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

1 min read

New KINEGRAM Reference Book from KURZ

KURZ, the leading supplier of security foils with diffractive features, has produced a new reference book with a wide selection of images of banknotes that have utilised its KINEGRAM® technology.

Technology

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Hitachi Moves into Cash Services

Hitachi Payment Services, India’s leading integrated payment solutions provider and a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational technology conglomeration Hitachi, has entered into an agreement to acquire the cash management business of Writer Safeguard from its parent, the Writer Corporation.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

9 min read

Using Banknotes in the Drive to Improve Financial Literacy

Currency News caught up with Roeland Monasch, CEO of Aflatoun International, and Mark Stevenson, KBBS Market Development Manager, at Aflatoun’s headquarters in Amsterdam, to find out more about the companies' new partnership in the financial literacy space.

Interviews

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

9 min read

Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

This month we look at Europe, and the annual reports of some Eurosystem central banks, as well as the central banks of Albania, Denmark, Kosovo and Hungary.

News

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

4 min read

Neurocash – A New Way of Designing Cash

Miguel López, Research and Development Unit Manager in Banco de España recently presented a new way of designing cash, Neurocash, at both the EMEA and Latin American High Security Printing conferences.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

4 min read

Cash and the Politicisation of Payments

What do the KGB, the Chinese Communist Party, the Canadian Prime Minister and the UK’s Brexit campaign leader have in common?

Cash Handling

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has been reinstated as a unified sovereign institution, almost a decade after it was split in two because of the civil war.

News

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Get the Vibe with New Thread from SURYS

In his interview in last month’s Currency News, Frederic Trojani, CEO of SURYS, referenced a new thread from the company, Vibes™.

Banknotes Technology

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Fiji Issues Lucky Dragon Note

The Reserve Bank of Fiji has released a commemorative banknote to celebrate the Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon. The date of issue – the eighth day of the eighth month– is an auspicious one, the number 8 being the luckiest in Chinese culture, symbolising wealth and good fortune.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

4 min read

Enshrining the Right to Cash in Law

In the June issue of Currency News™, our lead article was on laws to protect cash gaining momentum, with specific reference to the euro and a proposal on legal tender status for notes and coins. This month we look at some developments on an individual country basis in Europe regarding enshrining the right to cash in law, both within and outside the eurozone.

Cash Handling