News & Insights

  • Banknotes

    Burundi Completes Upgrade of Full Banknote Series with RAPID®

    Burundi has completed the upgrade of its entire banknote series – the 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 and 10000 francs – by significantly improving the security with the addition of RAPID® micro-optic thread from Crane Currency.

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  • Banknotes

    Central Bank of Jordan Upgrades New Series of Banknotes with RAPID® and MOTION® Switch

    The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has redesigned and upgraded its full series of Dinar banknotes with new advanced security features, including the micro-optic security threads RAPID® and MOTION® Switch from Crane Currency.

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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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  • Insights

    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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