News & Insights
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Insights
“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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Technology
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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Company News
Protecting Data in the Banknote Security World
For most businesses, protecting the organization and its data is a daily and ongoing battle. The biggest cyber threat in 2023 is still ransomware and organized criminals are increasingly acting as illicit service providers.
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Insights
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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Banknotes
Kyrgyz Republic Introduces Three Banknotes with RAPID® HD Detect
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has introduced three new banknotes in denominations of 200, 500 and 1000 Som. The notes will be in circulation from May 10, 2023, and honor the 30th anniversary of the national currency.
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Banknotes
Curaçao and Sint Maarten Select Crane Currency for Their New Caribbean Guilder Banknotes
The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) has announced contracts with Crane Currency and the Royal Canadian Mint for the production and supply of the new Caribbean guilder banknotes and coins.
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Company News
Central Bank of The Bahamas Recognized with 2023 Public First Award
The Central Bank of The Bahamas was awarded the 2023 Public First Award during the event’s Appreciation Dinner on March 14, 2023 in a ceremony at the Xara Lodge, Rabat, Malta.
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Banknotes
Uzbekistan Issues New 200,000 So’m Banknote with RAPID® Detect
On July 15 the Central Bank of Uzbekistan issued into circulation a new 200 000 so’m banknote as the country’s highest denomination.