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Astrid Mitchell

1 Feb. 2024

3 min read

What Goes Round Comes Round in the Minting Industry

The start of 2024 has been marked by a series of acquisitions in the minting community.

Coins Companies

Xiu Ding Chen

1 Feb. 2024

4 min read

Gifting Money – My Personal Experience

This is the first in a series of articles that explores the cultural aspect of money that goes beyond its function as a means of payment or store of value. Many societies have a long-standing tradition of gifting money (banknotes and coins) to mark auspicious occasions – births and birthdays, weddings and other special events, where the value of the gift is as much social as it is financial.

Comment

Astrid Mitchell

1 Feb. 2024

3 min read

People in the News

Jasmina Selimović has been appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH). She replaces Senad Softić and is the first women to hold the position.

News

Astrid Mitchell

28 Dec. 2023

5 min read

Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

Rather than have a regional focus in this month’s coverage of cash information in central bank annual reports, we are doing a general catch-up this month, with news from the recently-issued reports of the central banks of Fiji, Romania and Russia.

News

Astrid Mitchell

28 Dec. 2023

1 min read

New Report on House Notes

In 2021, Currency News™ issued a special supplement – Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One – which reviewed the latest and best ‘concept’ or ‘house’ notes. Following the success of this supplement, we will issue the second version in 2024, covering the newest concept notes over the intervening period.

Comment

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

4 min read

New Security Image Register Launched

The Hologram Image Register, established by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) to help safeguard hologram copyright and underpin the use of holograms in secure documents and products, has been extended to include all optically variable (or active) features, and relaunched as the Security Image Register.

Technology

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

2 min read

The Phoenix Rises

As part of its centenary anniversary celebrations, Komori has produced a house note, The Phoenix 2023. This note celebrates and brings to life Komori’s concept of ‘Power to the Print – Technology that Empowers’.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

2 min read

Hueck Folien Moves Ahead with Optomove

Hueck Folien, a family owned company based in Baumgartenberg, Austria has been supplying security products – initially security threads, followed by holographic/diffractive stripes – to the banknote industry for 35 years.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

1 min read

Spectra Buys Cartor

Spectra Systems Corporation has agreed to buy security printer Cartor Holdings in a deal worth up to £10.5 million. It has described the move as a strategic acquisition to bolster its position in the polymer banknote substrate market.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

4 min read

Recognising Excellence in Banknotes from Asia

This year’s prestigious Regional Banknote of the Year Awards for Asia were presented at a special ceremony during the High Security Printing™ (HSP) Asia conference earlier this month.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

2 min read

CCL Secure: A Year of Innovation and Collaboration

Polymer appears to be something of a ‘thing’ in this issue. So, having heard from one established and one emerging polymer substrate manufacturer – De La Rue and Spectra Systems respectively – it seems only fair to hear from the second established manufacturer, CCL Secure, who has provided an end of year summary for GUARDIAN™.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

Cash technology solutions specialist Glory has announced the acquisition of additional shares in the fintech OneBanx, the fully managed shared banking solutions provider.

News

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

2 min read

De La Rue Boosted by Recovering Demand

De La Rue appears to be enjoying a rebound following multiple new contract wins and growing demand for banknotes.

Companies

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

9 min read

Kando, Omotenashi and Kaizen – Three of the Core Principles of Komori As It Celebrates 100 Years

Currency News™ spoke to Mr Junya Shimada – Executive Operating Officer and Group General Manager – about the company’s foundations, its current focus, its philosophy and how it plans to leverage this to go forward in an ever-changing social and technological landscape.

Companies

Kerre Corbin

22 Dec. 2023

2 min read

Counterfeit Corner

Many people fall victim to the ‘Black Money’ scam, which is basically a get rich quick scheme. Usually there are no counterfeit banknotes involved, but I thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss.

Counterfeiting

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

2 min read

ECB Identifies Banknote Environmental Impact

The European Central Bank (ECB) has issued the findings of its Product Environment Footprint (PEF) study, which focuses on the creation and life cycle of banknotes through to their disposal when they become unfit to circulate.

Sustainability

Astrid Mitchell

22 Dec. 2023

1 min read

Master Blaster Graces New ECCB Note

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has issued a new denomination $2 commemorative banknote in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

1 Dec. 2023

4 min read

National Day of Currency in Kazakhstan

In November 1993, the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed a decree ‘On the introduction of the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan’. Following this, the tenge became the official currency of the country.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

1 Dec. 2023

4 min read

In Other News…

The Central Bank of the UAE has issued a new 500 dirham banknote – the fifth in its new all-polymer series, which has been progressively rolled out since 2022.

News

Astrid Mitchell

1 Dec. 2023

6 min read

Using Buying Power to Reduce Environmental Impacts

The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) held a webinar recently to discuss how sustainability is, and can be, incorporated into tenders by central banks. Purchasing power is, of course, a powerful lever for achieving policy goals.

Sustainability