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Astrid Mitchell

1 Oct. 2026

3 min read

Making Evidence Based Decisions to Optimise Cash Ecosystems

At the Global Currency Forum in April, Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions presented its role as an independent strategic adviser to central banks, exploring how data and evidence-based decisions can optimise the entire cash ecosystem — from banknote design to post-issuance lifecycle tracking.

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Astrid Mitchell

1 Oct. 2026

2 min read

Gold Bars, Millions of Dollars and Cedis: Ghana's Counterfeit Currency Production Galore

Ghana's National Security Council Secretariat has dismantled four major counterfeit currency printing hubs and arrested 16 suspects, seizing hundreds of thousands in fake banknotes alongside unprocessed coupons worth millions more.

Banknotes Counterfeiting

Astrid Mitchell

1 Oct. 2026

5 min read

Designing Trust and Innovation for Tomorrow's Banknotes

The 2026 Security Designers Forum, held in Istanbul from 7–9 September, brought together 190 delegates from 37 countries to explore the people, ideas and decisions shaping the future of secure document design.

Banknotes Events Sustainability

1 Oct. 2026

3 min read

SICPA Demonstrates Different Roots – Common Ground

SICPA has produced a stunning new house note titled 'Different Roots. Common Ground', celebrating security inks and the universal role of cash, presented at the Security Designers Forum in Istanbul and the HSP Latin America conference in Guatemala.

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Astrid Mitchell

18 Sept. 2026

2 min read

Companies Bid for India’s Polymer Banknote Trial

Companies reported to have submitted bids to supply sheets with advanced security features for India’s polymer banknote trial include CCL Secure (Australia), Cosmo First in partnership with De La Rue, and Q&T Hi-Tech Polymer from Vietnam (partnering with India-based Pigments and Allieds, a supplier of coatings, pigments and taggants).

Banknotes Substrates, Features

Astrid Mitchell

4 Sept. 2026

2 min read

Bank of Canada Unveils Design for New $20 Banknote

The Bank of Canada has unveiled its new vertical $20 polymer banknote at a special ceremony attended by the Governor General of Canada, the Secretary of State for Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions, and the Banks’s Governor, Tiff Macklem.

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Chander S Jeena

1 Sept. 2026

4 min read

Cash and Digital Converge at Silk Road Conference

The second Silk Road Cash & Payments Conference, held in Almaty in September 2026, brought together 147 delegates from 31 countries to explore how cash and digital payments are converging into a connected, resilient trust ecosystem.

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Astrid Mitchell

28 Aug. 2026

3 min read

Uganda Next in Line in Africa to Print Banknotes

Uganda has taken a major step towards establishing its own currency printing facility with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC) and Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBNS).

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Antti Heinonen

25 Aug. 2026

9 min read

The Role of High Denomination Notes – Myths and Facts

Every now and then the role of high-denomination banknotes is criticised by claims that their use is only for criminal and tax evasion purposes. Recently, author Oliver Bullough did this in his book ‘Everybody Loves Our Dollars – How Money Laundering Won’, published in January this year. Bullough’s book consists of 12 chapters addressing different forms of money laundering, one of them dedicated to banknotes.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

6 Aug. 2026

2 min read

Spectra Signs Licensing Deal for New Polymer Feature

Spectra Systems Corporation – provider of machine readable technologies for banknotes and Fusion™ polymer substrate – has announced a licensing agreement with Oberthur Fiduciare for Kryptonome™, the latter’s patented new Level 1 security feature for polymer banknotes that was unveiled last year.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Aug. 2026

1 min read

Banknote Production in India

Banknote production in India is carried out jointly by BRBNMPL and SPMCIL.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Aug. 2026

7 min read

Beethoven, Birds or Buildings for New Euro Series

The complete overhaul of the single European currency, which represents the first comprehensive redesign of physical euro banknotes since their historic introduction back in 2002, has taken a major step forward – with the public being given the choice to vote on two different concepts. One is based on European culture, and the other on rivers and birds and European Union (EU) institutions.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Aug. 2026

2 min read

Breath Note Follows Vault Bill in Hueck Folien 2026 Trilogy

Delegates at this year’s HSP Latin America conference in June experienced an unconventional opening when Jan Hofmann (aka Mr Bill Vault), Sales Director at Hueck Folien, stepped onto the stage dressed as a secret agent. Launching an interactive presentation titled ‘Can you crack the code of true identity?’, Hofmann invited the audience to explore a simple question: what truly makes a banknote genuine?

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Aug. 2026

4 min read

Azerbaijan`s Upgraded 100 Manat

The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CBA) has announced the issue of an upgraded 100 manat banknote, which will go into circulation on 15 July. According to the CBA, the upgraded 100 manat is more than a means of payment – it is a visual representation of Azerbaijan’s economic progress, national identity, and modern statehood.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Aug. 2026

2 min read

How Fungi Could Transform Banknote Disposal

BioBanknote is a Colombian-based specialist in reducing the environmental impact of banknotes through ‘natural’ means. Over the past several years, it has built up what it refers to as its ‘BioBanknote Ecosystem’, a comprehensive network of sustainable solutions for the management of waste from withdrawn banknotes, which is designed for central banks, printers and all suppliers involved in this industry.

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Astrid Mitchell

2 Aug. 2026

4 min read

Polymer Moves Step Closer in India

After years of discussion and speculation, practical steps are now being taken to trial polymer for Indian banknotes. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt Ltd (BRBNMPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India, has issued a global expression of interest for the manufacture and supply of opacified polymer substrate sheets with advanced security features.

Banknotes

Astrid Mitchell

1 Aug. 2026

7 min read

In Other News

The Central Bank of Belize has revealed the designs for its new coin series, which celebrates the Central American country’s national symbols and is intended to complement the 2025 National Heroes banknote series.

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Astrid Mitchell

1 Aug. 2026

2 min read

São Tomé and Príncipe Celebrates with Remarkable New Note

The Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe has issued a commemorative 50 dobra banknote marking 50 years of independence, printed on Q&T High-Tec's PolySecure polymer substrate by Royal Joh Enschedé — notable as the first issuance of that substrate outside Vietnam.

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Astrid Mitchell

26 July 2026

2 min read

Liberia to Revert to Banknotes for Lowest Denominations

According to local reports, the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has dropped plans to mint new L$5 and L$10 (Liberian dollar) coins under its L$79 billion programme to replace and increase its currency stocks. Following widespread public complaints, both denominations are expected to return as paper notes.

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Astrid Mitchell

26 July 2026

2 min read

Mongolia Goes Green

The Central Bank of Mongolia (BOM) has chosen a sustainability path for its banknotes by issuing three of its denominations on Louisenthal’s Green LongLife™ substrate.

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