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Astrid Mitchell

1 Dec. 2023

4 min read

Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

The focus of this month’s coverage of cash information in central bank annual reports is Asia, looking specifically at Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Japan and New Zealand.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Nov. 2023

4 min read

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The Monetary Authority of Macao, together with the country’s two note issuing banks – Bank of China and Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) – have held a presentation to unveil a new series of banknotes with enhanced features for security and the visually impaired.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Nov. 2023

2 min read

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Khalid Ibrahim Humaidan has been appointed the next Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, replacing Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Nov. 2023

5 min read

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Oumolat Security Printing, owned by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE), has entered into a strategic partnership with SICPA to print enhanced tax stamps and track activities through the integration of advanced technologies.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Nov. 2023

4 min read

Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

Further to the coverage in the August issue of the cash information contained in the latest annual reports of central banks in Europe, this month we take a look at some from Africa and the Middle East.

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Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

5 min read

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The Federal Reserve has started a publicity campaign for its FedCash® E-Manifest Service. The new system is digitising a hitherto manual system for matching paper manifests for deposits and orders at Federal Reserve docks with a technology based on GSI US standards that enables scanning and the electronic exchange of data in real time.

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Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

2 min read

People In The News

The Banknote Ethics Initiative (BnEI) has announced the appointment of Prof Deon Rossouw, the CEO of The Ethics Institute in South Africa, as its new Chairman. He takes up his new position in October.

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Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

2 min read

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

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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.

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Astrid Mitchell

24 Aug. 2023

5 min read

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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.

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Astrid Mitchell

31 July 2023

5 min read

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Hyosung Innovue (formerly knowns as Hyosung America and the North American subsidiary of South Korean ATM manufacturer Hyosung TNS) has announced the launch of the new Cajera Pivot recycling ATM series for retail applications.

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Astrid Mitchell

31 July 2023

3 min read

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The Central Bank of Belize is to issue a new currency series, which will feature images of national heroes rather than the head of state, King Charles III.

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Astrid Mitchell

31 July 2023

3 min read

People in the News

Michele Bullock has been announced as the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), making her the first woman to lead the central bank. She replaces Philip Lowe, and will begin her seven-year term in September.

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Astrid Mitchell

31 July 2023

9 min read

Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

In our latest monthly summary of central bank annual reports, we look at the Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, Liberia, Eastern Caribbean, Colombia and Taiwan.

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Astrid Mitchell

2 July 2023

4 min read

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SICPA has formally inaugurated the unlimitrust campus, the world’s first centre of excellence dedicated to the Economy of Trust which is assembling innovation players into one single community.

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Astrid Mitchell

2 July 2023

2 min read

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The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has issued a new 20 pound (LE) note on polymer, following the issue of a polymer LE10 last year.

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Astrid Mitchell

30 May 2023

5 min read

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Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired MECOMO AG, a specialist in tracking and tracing solutions for an undisclosed sum.

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Astrid Mitchell

26 April 2023

5 min read

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Royal United Mint, the parent company of the Royal Dutch Mint and the Belgian Mauquoy Token Company, has acquired Osborne Coinage Co, based in Cincinnati, Ohio and the oldest private mint in the US.

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Astrid Mitchell

23 April 2023

4 min read

Note and Coin News

Bankgo Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has won the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) Banknote of the Year award for 2022 for the 1,000 piso note, breaking the Banco of Mexico’s winning streak after it scooped the award for both 2020 and 2021.

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Astrid Mitchell

2 April 2023

3 min read

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Jamaica’s Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, has said that the country’s new series of banknotes will be ready to be released to the general public by mid-June, with a publicity campaign to prepare the public ready to roll out imminently.

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