Banknotes
Eurosystem sees small rise in counterfeiting over 2024
€20 and €50 notes remain the most popular denominations to replicate
Rivers, birds and cultural spaces to feature on new euro notes
Design contest to start in 2025, though introduction “several years” away
Libya to issue new banknotes
Central bank announces plan for five, 10 and 20 dinar bills amid continued cash shortage
Conflict casts doubt on viability of Sudan’s new banknotes
Concerns over regime’s stability may undermine its efforts to swap out old currency, says analyst
Banknote provider De La Rue mulls full takeover offer
Edi Truell-backed companies drop bid for 40% stake and go all-in instead
Accounting for banknotes
Three leading experts on central bank finances debate the appropriate treatment of currency
CNB’s Aleš Michl on tackling inflation, Friedman’s legacy and ditching DSGE
The Czech governor speaks about policy mistakes, targeting M2, diversifying into equities and gold, building new models and ending interest payments on minimum reserves
Book notes: A fly on the RBI wall: an insider’s view of the central bank, by Alpana Killawala
This book offers insights into the inner workings of the growing Indian economy and pro tips on communication
Banknotes: October to December 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Currency Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Data highlights differences in cash management between central banks
Currency Benchmarks 2024 – executive summary
Data sheds light on banknote design features, access to cash policies and cash cycle management
The monetary base and seigniorage in a digital era
Rapid technological innovation in payment systems portends declining demand for money. Emerging markets and low-income countries may have to lower their expectations of seigniorage revenue
Currency Benchmarks 2024 report – securing cash payments
As transactional cash use falls, many central banks are adopting policies to safeguard cash access
E-krona adviser on offline trials, legislative changes and rollouts of CBDCs
Sveriges Riksbank’s Johan Schmalholz speaks about latest CBDC developments on sidelines of Central Banking’s Windsor training series
Most central banks forecast cash demand over one to three years
Median central bank expects 5% increase in cash in circulation in 2024
G+D dominates central bank note sorting
Giesecke+Devriant’s BPS M7 machine is very widely used among central banks
Nearly half of central banks have access to cash policy
High income countries slightly more likely to maintain access to cash policies
SNB to launch new banknote series
Bank to “pay homage to the country’s unique topography” on new bills
ECB ‘did not approve’ production of €8,000 note
Central bank denies claims by issuing company that souvenir bill was created with its consent
Estonia’s head of cash on sunsetting low-value coins
Bank of Estonia’s Rait Roosve speaks with Levente Koroes about the country’s decision to stop minting one- and two-euro cent coins and its impact on access to cash
Banknotes: July to September 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months