De La Rue
Central banks keep security-sensitive cash tasks in house
Most outsource capital-intensive work, with printing the most common
Banknote provider De La Rue mulls full takeover offer
Edi Truell-backed companies drop bid for 40% stake and go all-in instead
Most central banks forecast cash demand over one to three years
Median central bank expects 5% increase in cash in circulation in 2024
G+D dominates central bank note sorting
Giesecke+Devriant’s BPS M7 machine is very widely used among central banks
Currency Benchmarks 2023 – model banks analysis
Data reveals how advanced and emerging market central banks structure their currency operations
Central banks tend to outsource banknote printing
De La Rue is most commonly used printer among respondents
Currency round-up: Liberia withdraws pre-2021 notes
DRC central bank calls on the public to better preserve banknotes, and more
Currency round-up: New yen banknotes to arrive in July 2024
De La Rue outlook brightens; Egypt continues transition to polymer; and more
Currency round-up: Lebanon considers new high-denomination notes
South Africa issues upgraded notes; Argentina 2,000 peso enters circulation; and more
Banknotes: April to June 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
People: April to June 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Currency round-up: India withdraws 2,000-rupee note
De La Rue replaces chair; Canada and Philippines win currency awards; and more
People: BIS appoints deputy head of MED
Riksbank to shrink board; De La Rue chair resigns; Hungary appoints MPC members
Currency round-up: De La Rue issues profit warning
Central African central bank to release new coins; and more
Most central banks do not own their own printworks
Fewer than a quarter report operating printing plants and two-thirds say they outsource
Currency round-up
New notes for Paraguay, printing error for Thailand, and news from Peru, Costa Rica and Tonga
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Banknotes round-up: Egypt debuts polymer note
Peru continues rollout of new series; Mexico to withdraw 20 peso note; and more
Cash, not trash: the second lives of substrate
Central banks and their banknote providers are taking a range of approaches to recycling cash
The Central Banking Awards 2022 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from the winners of the ninth annual Central Banking Awards