MasterCard is Better Than Cash

While watching my local hockey team lose their first playoff series after not qualifying for nine years, I was inundated by commercials trying to convince me that MasterCard is better than cash.

The Currency Conference in Athens Greece

Today marks the opening of The Currency Conference in Atens Greece. Central Bank Governors, Deputy Governors, Chief Cashiers, Finance Ministers and Treasury Officials will be joined by ...

Cash Processing Operations Opinion Survey

As with most industries, research is plentiful if you know where to look or if you are within the executive groups that drive and fund such research. To our knowledge there has not been an attempt within the currency industry to construct a dialogue of opinions in an open and globally accesible format.

Nanothentication

Our good friends at Currency News have offered us the opportunity to repost their recent article (March 2013 Issue) featuring the technology of nanothentication, also known officially as High Speed Nanocrystallisation

Why Does Cash in Circulation Continue to Grow

One of the fundamental questions on the minds of everyone involved in the payments industry - If there is more competition for cash as a payment device now than ever before, why does cash in circulation continue to grow?

Cashless Cash Management Reform

"Cashless" cash management reform would at first glance appear to be a redundant statement. In reality "cashless" cash reform refers to cash management reform with a "cashless" strategic component designed to thwart the dark side of the cash economy.