New US dollar bills will not be polymer – Fed official

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It is unlikely any of the new US dollar banknote denominations will be printed on polymer, according to an associate director of the US Federal Reserve Board.

Speaking at the ATM & Cash Innovation Europe conference today (June 14), Michael Lambert said every country should analyse their own counterfeit risk when evaluating whether a move to polymer banknotes would be beneficial.

“We don’t have any immediate plans to change our substrate,” Lambert told Central Banking following his presentation

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