IACA Announces Two Excellence in Currency Award Winners

The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) has announced the winners of two of the five award categories in their 2026 Excellence in Currency Awards.

The winners were announced during the awards presentation at the recent Global Currency Forum in Antalya as follows: 

Best Environmental Sustainability Project/Program

WINNER: Bank Indonesia for their Rupiah to Waste to Worth Collaboration Project

Finalists:

• CCL Secure – Circular Banknote Waste Management Support Program – Latin America
• SICPA – Implementation of a Product Sustainability Framework

Best Cash Cycle Resiliency Program/Initiative

WINNER: National Bank of Poland’s National Strategy for Cash Circulation Security

Finalists:

• French National Cash Resilience Framework (FNCRF)
• South Africa Reserve Bank – OCARM Cash Cycle Resilience Program: From National Blackout Playbook to Sector Wide Exercising and Standing Crisis Governance

IACA’s Excellence in Currency Awards program was introduced in 2007 to promote and recognise excellence in banknote and coin production, processing, management, distribution, and related activities of the cash community. It is the industry’s first awards programme and remains highly respected and appreciated.

All nominated projects are evaluated and scored against the award criteria by the IACA Judging Committee, with the top three highest-scoring entries named as finalists. IACA voting members then determine the winners.

The final three categories – Best New Limited Circulation/Commemorative Banknote; Best New Banknote Feature, Product or Process and Best New House Note – will be announced at the Banknote Conference in Washington DC, 11-14 May.

Detailed information about all current and past award nominees, finalist and winning projects can be accessed on the IACA website at currencyaffairs.org.