Today De La Rue announced that it is exiting the integrated identity documents market with a sale of its International Identity Solutions business for a cash consideration of £42 million. The buyer is HID Corporation Limited (“HID Global”), an ASSA ABLOY Group company. The deal price is agreed on a cash free debt free basis, payable upon…
An 8-year contract to supply the polymer substrate for the Bank of England’s new £50 banknote has been awarded jointly to De La Rue and CCL Secure. The first call-off volume will be split between De La Rue’s Safeguard® (45%) and CCL Secure’s Guardian™ (55%). The next call-off, which will cover the polymer £5 and £10, is expected…
The last two denominations of the Europa series of euro banknotes start circulating today. The denominations of the new series have been introduced gradually in ascending order. With discontinuation of the production of the €500 note, this latest addition completes the series. The new banknotes feature upgraded public security features: a satellite hologram and an enhanced emerald…
The Swiss National Bank has revealed the latest banknote denomination from its Ninth banknote series, the high value 1,000-franc, which will begin circulating on 13 March 2019. The Swiss 1,000-franc is the fifth of six denominations to be issued from the new series. The 50-franc began circulating in 2016 followed by the 10 and 20-franc in 2017…
New polymer banknotes have been issued today by Northern Ireland’s three issuing banks, Ulster Bank, Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank. New £10 polymer banknotes have been issued by Northern Ireland’s Ulster Bank, Danske Bank and the Bank of Ireland today, with additional £5 notes issued by Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland. It is the…
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has issued another new high value banknote denomination, the third high value denomination to be added to the banknote series since 2017. The central bank issued a new 10,000-som denomination in March 2017 followed by the 50,000-som denomination in August the same year. The increasingly high value banknote denominations have been issued…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the design of its Next Generation $20 banknote, which will begin circulating in October 2019. The design of the polymer banknote continues to feature portraits of Mary Reibey, an 18th century successful business woman also known for her support of charity, religion and education, and Reverend John Flynn, pioneer of the…
The Bank of Guyana will soon be issuing an upgraded $1,000 banknote with new security thread features including RAPID®. A press release from the Guyana central bank has confirmed that the upgraded $1,000 banknote will no longer have the holographic stripe displayed on the front of the banknote, but will instead feature Crane Currency’s RAPID® micro-optic…
First Trust Bank, one of Northern Ireland’s four note issuing authorities, has announced that it will cease issuing its own banknotes due to the increasing use of digital payments. First Trust Bank (FTB), a subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks, will gradually withdraw their banknotes from circulation and will instead dispense Bank of England banknotes through their ATM network.…
Hungary’s central bank, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, has begun circulating the 500-forint banknote – the last denomination in the banknote series to be upgraded. The central bank first announced the issuance of the 500-forint banknote last July. Key security features include a holographic foil stripe shown on the front of the banknote, as per all the latest denominations…