Banknotes
De La Rue says staff falsified banknote tests
Banknote printer says investigation into printing irregularities has revealed staff at Hampshire plant deliberately falsified paper specification tests
Indian officials to probe De La Rue plant
Reserve Bank of India says government officials due to visit De La Rue plant; trip follows paper fault which forced De La Rue chief executive to quit
Nepal to end circulation of banknotes featuring ousted king
Nepal Rastra Bank says it will phase out old notes depicting former monarch
De La Rue chief quits over printing errors
De La Rue’s chief executive James Hussey resigns after taking blame for faulty banknotes; shares plunge nearly 10%
Mauritania’s central bank releases new note
Central Bank of Mauritania note to be highest denomination in circulation
New Turkish notes spark spike in printing costs
Central Bank of Turkey’s Annual Report shows improved lira notes caused banknote manufacture costs to leap by more than half; governor Durmuş Yılmaz praises inflation targeting framework
Faulty paper halts note production at De La Rue
Banknote printer De La Rue suspends production at its Hampshire plant owing to paper fault; shares plummet on company statement that 2010 production and sales will be affected
HKMA unveils design of two new banknotes
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority says improved security features on new banknotes will reduce counterfeits in circulation
Venezuela drawn into Securency scandal: report
Australian newspaper alleges that RBA offshoot paid for Vietnamese government officials to win business from Central Bank of Venezuela
RBA offshoot used prostitutes and bribes to win contracts: police witness alleges
Former employee of Securency, a Reserve Bank of Australia offshoot, alleges firm used bribes and prostitutes to win contracts to supply polymer substrate to foreign central banks
Uganda gives banknotes a facelift
Bank of Uganda introduces a new denomination and upgrades five existing bills with new security feature, Tumusiime-Mutebile emphasises that the issue is not politically motivated
RBA offshoot let standards slip in bribery scandal: report
Independent auditor says Australian central bank’s polymer subsidiary Securency failed to uphold its standards in dealing with its foreign business agents
Canada to switch to polymer
Bank of Canada to issue plastic notes in 2011
Bank begins consultation on note circulation
Bank of England in talks with commercial cash industry on proposal to better distribute lowest denomination note
Switzerland delays new banknote series
Swiss National Bank says move made on back of security concerns
Euro counterfeits soar 30%
ECB statistics show 860,000 forged euro banknotes recovered in 2009
Trichet rules out €30 banknote
ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet says the central bank will not issue a €30 bill after lawmaker’s request
India moves to cut out counterfeiting
Reserve Bank of India proposes raft of measures to stamp out fake banknotes
Forged euro notes surge by 17%
Counterfeit banknotes seized in first half of this year have face value of €19.3m
Reserve Bank of Australia - Annual Report 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia reviewed and restructured its currency activities during 2008, says Glenn Stevens, the governor of the central bank in its latest Annual Report.
Monies contain embedded options
The face values of all notes and coins contain embedded options, argues a new paper written by Espen Gaarder Haug and John Stevenson, two quantitative-finance analysts.
Denmark details release schedule for new notes
The National Bank of Denmark will begin issuing a new Dkr50 ($8.75) bill, the first in a new series of banknotes, on 11 August.
Zim to set denomination record for issued note
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is to introduce the highest-ever denomination issued note - worth Z$100 trillion.
Number of forged euro notes hits record high
The number of counterfeit euro banknotes seized soared by 13% in the second half of 2008, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Monday.