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Eurosystem sees small rise in counterfeiting over 2024
€20 and €50 notes remain the most popular denominations to replicate
Nearly half of central banks have access to cash policy
High income countries slightly more likely to maintain access to cash policies
Book notes: Virtuous bankers: a day in the life of the 18th-century Bank of England, by Anne L Murphy
A bottom-up account of how clerks managed operations and enhanced the BoE’s reputation
Maximising the impact of banknote communications
Antti Heinonen highlights the ongoing evolution in how central banks talk about their banknotes
Central Banking Awards 2024: fourth round announced
BIS wins Green initiative award; other awards go for currency, CBDC and AML systems
Central European countries see rise in counterfeiting
Danish central bank to upgrade banknotes ahead of overhaul
Banknotes rarely portray current monarchs or presidents
Central banks favour other historical figures, but few institutions feature people from minority groups
Somalia’s Abdullahi on the challenges of re-integration with the international system
The Central Bank of Somalia governor speaks about capacity building, reintroducing the shilling, securing donor support and climate change
Senad Softić on governance, currency boards and EU convergence challenges
Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about improving governance in a political vacuum, managing a currency board amid rip-sawing euro rates, resolving Gazprom’s local units, modernising payments and meeting EU convergence criteria
Banknote themes in motion
Antti Heinonen asks whether the world is about to witness a revolution in banknote images
Marks (and sizes and colours) of distinction
Many central banks make an effort to make cash accessible to blind and partially sighted users
Somalia plans to introduce new notes by 2024
Country has become dollarised since the collapse of the central government in 1991
The behind-the-scenes effort to convert Ukrainian refugee cash
How central and commercial banks worked to allow Ukrainians to exchange cash in wartime
Nigerian governor says new banknotes will lessen cash hoarding
Governor says 85% of notes are outside banking system as finance minister criticises move
Should a CBDC really be like cash?
Electronic and physical cash are fundamentally different and must be treated as such, writes Dave Birch
Currency round-up
New notes for Paraguay, printing error for Thailand, and news from Peru, Costa Rica and Tonga
Banknotes round-up: Egypt debuts polymer note
Peru continues rollout of new series; Mexico to withdraw 20 peso note; and more
Banknotes: April to June 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
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
Currency Benchmarks 2021 – presentation
Central Banking’s currency subject matter specialist Rachael King speaks with Chris Jeffery about circulation, impact of Covid-19, forecasting, costs and resourcing, security and design, sustainability, and more