Banknotes
Ghana issues banknote with QR code
New ¢5 note with 2D barcode to help educate the public on the numerous security features
Central Bank of Uzbekistan issues new highest-denomination banknote
New denomination worth around $3 and similar in design to notes already in circulation
Cash is here to stay – SNB’s Zurbrügg
SNB official says reports of cash’s “death” are “exaggerated”
Delayed banknotes arrive in Venezuela
Thirty billion bolivars of notes finally shipped from Sweden, says central bank director
Seychelles to demonetise old 100- and 500-rupee notes
Improved security features need to be “put to best use”, says central bank
New Australian $10 to feature works of native authors
RBA launches second banknote in new series, celebrating native authors
BoE says launch of £10 to go ahead, despite tallow traces
The UK’s central bank will continue to print the £10 on the same substrate as the controversial fiver
Consultancy and advisory services provider of the year (bespoke): Innovia Security
Polymer specialist offers advisory services from design through to recycling
Banknote and currency services provider of the year: Crane Currency
Leading provider of micro-optics delivers full service from design to printing
Payments and market infrastructure provider of the year: VocaLink
Building on UK success to support real-time payments in Thailand and the US
National Bank of Poland to release new highest value banknote
Banknote will be the last of the new series, which was first announced in 2014
ECB reports 20.7% drop in number of counterfeits
Number of counterfeits ticked up in the second half of 2016, but annual figures are down
RBI signals end to cash controls
Central bank prepares to lift restrictions on cash withdrawals
IMF: Indian demonetisation to have ‘limited impact’ on Nepal
Some households have been affected, IMF says, but holdings of Indian rupee were “small”
Polymer banknote provider Innovia bought for $845 million
Innovia bought by Canadian competitor following “successful” year
Venezuela’s Maduro backtracks on bolivar withdrawal
Venezuelan currency crisis continues with delay of new series
Macedonian notes: world’s first security thread in long window
New banknote designs entering circulation feature De La Rue’s Kinetic StarChrome
Sama unveils new banknote designs with updated features
Six denominations to feature new security thread and improved features for the visually impaired
Venezuela removes largest banknote amid contraband concerns
Government authorises removal of 100 bolivar bill to combat “mafias”
Civil rights activist to appear on new Canadian $10 banknote
Viola Desmond to appear on a new Canadian banknote
Ink rubbing off notes ‘quite normal’, says Zimbabwe governor
Despite public outcry, governor says bond notes have so far been a success
Venezuela central bank launches new banknotes amid soaring inflation
The bolivar has weakened to unprecedented levels as inflation soars and political instability engulfs the nation
Tallow controversy forces Innovia to look at alternatives
Use of animal extracts in Bank of England’s new fiver sparks global review
Seychelles issues first full banknote series in 18 years
Central bank spends around $2.6 million producing new series