Bank Indonesia issues new Rp. 100,000 banknote

Banknotes, News

A press release from Bank Indonesia details the release of a new 100,000 rupiah banknote issued into circulation. The release, dated 14th August 2014, announced that the new note will be circulated from 17th August 2014. There are no major changes with the design compared to the previous version, but it now includes the phrase…

New Iraqi 10,000 Dinar banknote

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The Central Bank of Iraq has released a statement confirming the release of a new 10,000 Dinar banknote, dated 7th August 2014. The banknote will include new security features in addition to the ones incorporated in the previous banknote design. The Central Bank advises that this will also occur to other banknotes within its series…

SICPA completes acquisition of Cabot Securities

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Cabot Security Materials Inc. (CSMI) closed the sale of its Security Materials business yesterday to security inks specialist SICPA SA for approximately $20 million in cash consideration. Cabot president and Chief Executive Officer said: “We are pleased to have completed this transaction at an attractive value for our shareholders” “SICPA is a leading player in…

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Dell to accept Bitcoin payments

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Dell, the third largest PC seller in the world with an annual revenue of around $57 billion, has announced that it will accept Bitcoin payments. Users will now be able to pay for purchases made online from Dell.com, through a partnership with Bitcoin exchange company, Coinbase. Dell’s website advises: “Why is Dell accepting bitcoin? Bitcoin…

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ECB releases biannual counterfeit banknote info

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has released its half year statistics on counterfeit banknotes, showing a reduction compared to the second half of 2013. In total, 331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation during the first half of 2014. This equates to around 0.002% of banknotes in circulation today (16.4 billion notes as at June 30, 2014).…

New Zealand to issue new banknotes in 2015

Banknotes, News

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has advised it will introduce new banknotes next year which will be modernised with advanced security features. The banknotes will continue to have a polymer substrate, will remain the same size and will continue to use the same denominations. The changes will be seen in the banknote designs, but they will still use…

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Malawi to issue banknotes with blind recognition features

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The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has advised that it will release new Malawi Kwacha banknotes which include features designed for people with visual impairments. The Bank advised they would start to issue the new banknotes from August this year. The change comes following requests from the Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) and the Federation…

Russia to issue Crimea banknote

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The Central Bank of Russia has announced that it plans to issue a banknote dedicated to Crimea by the end of 2014. This was announced during a banking conference held in St Petersburg on Wednesday 2 July 2014 “We plan to issue a banknote dedicated to Crimea, but it will be a banknote of the…

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Singapore to stop issuing $10,000 banknote

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It was announced yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) that they will stop issuing $10,000 banknotes (£4,694) from 1st October 2014 in a bid to increase anti-money laundering controls. The comments were made yesterday during a Keynote Address at the ABS Financial Crime Seminar by Mr Ong Chong Tee, Deputy Managing Director (Financial…