In this month’s round-up covering cash information in central bank annual reports, we look at Russia, in the throes of its ‘special military operation’, and its neighbour Ukraine, the target of that operation.

Bulgaria will meet the requirements to join the eurozone by January, leaving the final decision to Bulgarian politicians, according to the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB).

In this periodic series of articles covering cash information in central bank annual reports, this month we take a look Down Under, with a review of the reports from Australia and New Zealand.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has so far collected almost PHP 888.7 million from the coin deposit machines introduced last year. The number of transactions reached 214,475 as of the middle of August, with 236 million coins having been deposited and exchanged for e-wallet credits or shopping vouchers.

In this periodic series of articles covering cash information in central bank annual reports, we turn out attention this month to Canada, the ECCB, India, Ireland, and Spain.

Central Banking Publications runs an award scheme each year, with 18 different categories, two of which relate specifically to currency.

Last November, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) issued a commemorative 10,000 tenge banknote to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the national currency, followed in December by the issue of the first banknote in a new note series, the 5,000 tenge.

The Bundesbank (BBk) has established a National Cash Forum to allow cash cycle stakeholders to exchange information on cash issues. The BBk wants the Forum to increase cooperation and pool interests for stakeholders in order to prepare initiatives to improve and stabilise the cash cycle. In itself, the creation of the Forum signals that the BBk and stakeholders support cash.

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has confirmed the order for banknotes for 2024, which will be in the range of 5.3-6.9 billion notes, valued at $180.5-204.4 billion.

Demonetisation has had something of a bad press in recent years, the disruption caused by the removal of the 500 and 1,000 rupees in India of 2016 and, more recently, Nigeria’s naira redesign being cases in point.