NEWS & INSIGHTS
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Insights
When ‘Everyday Banknotes’ Have to Work Harder
Low-denomination banknotes are often the hardest working notes in circulation. They pass through thousands of hands, years of daily use and still need to remain easy to authenticate. Few people understand those challenges better than Mauricio Hurtado.
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Company News
225 Years of Driving Innovation
Celebrating is in most cases an exercise in looking back. At Crane Currency, it becomes something else entirely. For 225 years, Crane has operated at the intersection of craftsmanship, security, and trust.
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Insights
The Evolving Challenge of Movie Money
We’ve all seen it – stacks of cash changing hands in films and TV dramas. But today, movie money is no longer confined to the screen. Readily available online, these imitation notes are increasingly being adapted and integrated into more complex counterfeiting processes.
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Company News
CBCS wins Currency Manager Award 2026
The award highlights not only the technical execution of the new currency, but also CBCS’s ability to build trust and public support across two countries with distinct identities.
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Insights
Why Cash Still Needs a Voice
A Conversation with Donald Scholz, Banknote Industry News: Digital payments dominate much of today’s public debate. For central banks, however, the future of cash is not a simple question of digital versus physical. It is a balancing act.
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Banknotes
80 Years of Liberation in South Korea
2025 was a year of remembrance, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Republic of Korea celebrated its 1945 liberation and the end of 35 years of occupation with a series of events in August 2025 tied to the theme “We Are the Light”.
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Banknotes
Insights
Designing for a Kingdom by the Sea
Jeanette Skov Jensen has the task of turning a national narrative into banknotes. That assignment means building a visual universe that can be printed, protected, verified in a fraction of a second and, not least, feel unmistakably Danish.
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Banknotes
Fiji Unveils New Polymer Banknotes Featuring MOTION SURFACE® Security
The Reserve Bank of Fiji unveiled a new series of banknotes on December 2. In Suva, President Lalabalavu together with RBF Governor Ali, presented the new family of notes that celebrate the nation’s people, culture and nature.