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Colorshift: It’s time to go!
Security feature materials once considered secure, can over time, be weakened, as lookalike materials used in consumer and industrial applications become increasingly available.
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The role of cash automation in the modern economy
Two major innovations are currently transforming the cash economy. These are cash digitization and payment automation. The former seeks to create an ‘on ramp’ to the digital economy, especially for the unbanked, who are estimated to exceed 1.3 billion people, while the latter is rapidly making cash services more accessible.
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“No Need for Anti-Pathogen Treatment of Banknotes”
There are many lessons to learn from the pandemic, not the least the importance of effective policies to protect the health and well-being of families. Getting the needed public confidence requires long-term and science-based strategies – also for central banks who faced questions around the safety of cash.
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The Best is Now Even Better
In today’s day and age we are constantly on the lookout for processes that simplify and make faster all aspects of our lives, including how we pay. Already fast, cash payments take about 10 seconds to conclude and of these we spend an average of about one second looking at our banknotes. Of that, only one-third of a second is typically dedicated to verifying the authenticity of our banknotes.
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The Role of Cash is Changing
Is the role of your banknotes changing? For all the talk about a decline in cash demand, data shows a steady rise in the value and the number of banknotes in circulation.
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The Right Choice?
As with all companies, our spending choices can be considered investments in the company’s future. So how does Crane Currency ensure its choices are the right ones? Especially when it comes to security technologies, we do this in four ways:
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Central Bank Digital Currency – Put the Public First
When developing new technology, success depends on fully understanding the users’ behavior. Collecting real data on what people are doing, what they believe and what they want is critical. Designers of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) have a lot to learn from the anthropology experts – and the manufacturers and designers of banknotes.
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Perception Study Results of New Banknote Feature to be Presented at Public First
The industry’s acknowledged banknote perception expert, Professor Jane Raymond, is studying a yet-to-be launched banknote security feature. The results will be presented for the first time at the Public First conference in Malta, hosted by Crane Currency on March 13-16.