Banknotes
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
BoJ unveils new 10,000-yen note
New banknote features “father of Japanese capitalism” and is set for issue in 2024
IMF urges Bank of Sierra Leone to investigate cash shortages
Recent banknote shipment failed to alleviate shortage, fund says
BoE completes transition to polymer
New £50 banknote featuring scientist Alan Turing enters circulation
Malawi picks G+D for currency processing contract
German-based firm already provides processing services to the Federal Reserve
Are we entering the polymer age?
CCL Secure explores the security and anti-counterfeit benefits of polymer banknote technology. As this developing technology reveals its advantages over traditional paper-based banknotes, could we soon see a shift in the status quo in polymer’s favour?
Cash infrastructure as public good – implications for the cash cycle
Eurosystem is seeking to safeguard cash infrastructure even as transaction volumes plunge
Mexican 100-peso note wins international award
Banknote depicting seventeeth-century nun and poet wins International Bank Note Society accolade
Future of cash: what we can learn from the history of money
Central banks must take a broad view of efficiency if they are to preserve the benefits of cash, says Antti Heinonen
Venezuela releases three new banknotes amid hyperinflation
High-denomination notes reflect ongoing surge in prices
Cash in circulation to remain elevated, Bank of Canada research says
Withdrawal and deposit relationships and high denominations to blame
Irish central bank to gain stronger anti-counterfeiting powers
Draft law makes Irish central bank national currency analysis centre and gives it enforcement role
Syrian central bank issues new banknote
New 5,000 lira note is issued as expert estimates that war-torn country’s inflation has reached 179%
ECB reports historically low counterfeit volumes
€20 and €50 remain the most counterfeited, central bank data shows
MAS urges Singaporeans to use digital ‘red envelopes’ during Lunar New Year
E-hong bao help reduce the carbon emissions of printing banknotes, MAS says
Australian Senate axes plans to ban cash usage above $10,000
Controversial bill threatened to jail those conducting large cash transactions
Singapore’s central bank discontinues issuance of $1,000 banknote
Highest denomination will remain legal tender, but new issuance will cease at the end of 2020
BoE extends contract with De La Rue
UK printer will help central bank continue to develop printing site as world leader
New polymer banknotes are greener and cheaper – T&T governor
Central bank plans to review coin denomination usage later this year, Alvin Hilaire says
Kenya’s central bank opens new currency centre
New facility will improve currency circulation within the region, president Kenyatta says
Covid-19 may survive 28 days on banknotes and payment cards
New research suggests virus can survive for an extended period of time at room temperature
Sama launches polymer version of five-riyal banknote
New note will circulate alongside existing cotton banknotes
Global banknote developments before and after Covid-19
Antti Heinonen looks at how the pandemic triggered sharp changes in demand for cash