Banknotes
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
Irish central bank will still exchange old banknotes and coins
Authorities take opportunity to remind public that UK paper £20s and £50s are expiring
Banknotes round-up: Egypt debuts polymer note
Peru continues rollout of new series; Mexico to withdraw 20 peso note; and more
Kenyan governor denies shortage of small-denomination notes
Interior minister had claimed that politicians were draining supply to pay election bribes
Uzbekistan introduces new 200,000 som note
Highest denomination banknote designed to ease cash payments
Cash, not trash: the second lives of substrate
Central banks and their banknote providers are taking a range of approaches to recycling cash
Honduran banknote to honour murdered activist
Berta Cáceres, who was killed in 2016, has been declared a “national hero”
Fiji launches $7 varnished banknote
Reserve Bank issues commemorative note to celebrate rugby sevens squads
Are central banks ahead of banknote counterfeiters?
Antti Heinonen analyses data on recent trends in counterfeiting
Barbados to make switch to polymer
Redesigned banknotes will circulate by end of year, says governor
Liberian central bank publicly burns outdated currency
Move aims to rebuild public trust after long-running “missing banknote” controversy
How Afghanistan’s central bank can help prevent famine
The most pressing need is to ease a US dollar banknotes shortage
Currency Benchmarks 2021 – governing members presentation
Central Banking’s currency subject matter specialist Rachael King on access, impact of Covid-19, and more
Ecuador brings in anti-theft dyes
Latin American country faces increasing crime rates including attacks on ATMs
Inside the Bank of Israel’s emergency cash supply exercises
Amir Safranovich and Meir Bitton describe the central bank’s ongoing work on emergency preparedness
RBNZ seeks to quell ‘urban myth’ over counterfeit cash
Central bank says people risk falling foul of the law as practice of “scraping” banknotes spreads
BSP inks deal with Australian firm for polymer note
Note Printing Australia will produce 1000-peso banknote, circulating from next year
Cash: important for a fairer economy
One interesting economic story over the past year has been the growth in grassroots support for cash payments. Against the backdrop of the Covid‑19 pandemic and now debunked rumours that coins and banknotes could be significant transmission vectors for…
ECB to choose new euro banknote designs by 2024
Banknote designs will be chosen by governing council, but public input will be vital
Australia’s central bank to review banknote distribution model
Decline in transactional cash usage has led to excess capacity
North Korea issues coupons instead of cash
Experts say closing of Chinese border due to Covid-19 may have halted banknote production
Uganda’s central bank cuts banknote printing costs
Improved processing and new reissuance guidelines streamline banknote management, report says
Covid-19 has accelerated paradoxical developments in cash usage
Antti Heinonen explores the unusual patterns in banknote demand in 2020
BoE urges public to spend remaining paper banknotes
Paper £20 and £50 will cease to be legal tender next year