Cash Per Diem
Presented here are the daily contributions of a central banker… these are various stories to do with currency and related issues that range from the interesting to the bizarre…
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February 2 – 3 2012
Applied DNA Sciences & the US Defense Logistics Agency
Brinks IVQ 2011 financial results
Combating counterfeit pharmaceuticals
Emerging market for corporate issuance of money
FRB Atlanta – is the US following in the footsteps of the Netherlands in payments
India – new Rs1000 notes will be issued nonsequentially
India – fighting poverty & alleviating the unbanked with mobile technology
Iraq – a source of dollars for sanctioned-constrained Iran
JDS Uniphase earnings conference call transcript
Loomis AB financial results – December/January
Morpho Detection Inc helps UK police identify cash from illegal drug activity
Mozambique – old-style notes must be exchanged by yearend
Nigeria – developments in cashless policy
UK – L30k in notes stolen from woman’s attic
UK – corporate executive embezzled 135 tonnes worth of money
UK – parliamentary report on cybercrime
UK – UV to identify counterfeit notes
US – dollar bill vs dollar coin
US – Mint dollar coin product plans
US/California – man smashes ATM & leaves his identity information behind
US/Georgia – fake $100s that pass the pen test
US/Nevada – ringleader of card theft gang sentenced to 14+ years in prison
US/Washington – restaurant owners contributing $10k in bills tacked up all over to charity
January 31 – February 1 2012
ATMIA conference, San Antonio, Feb 29 – Mar 2 2012
Australia – Securency developments
Canada – teens set 2 ATMs afire in Edmonton
Crane Paper – new VP of product development
FDIC – guidance on payment processor relationships
G4S Cash Solutions & YourCash Ltd
How hackers could scan your card through your clothing
How numismatists can protect themselves from fake bullion coins
ICCOS America conference – Miami – March 11-14 2012
India – RBI to issue Rs500 note with new symbol
Ireland – counterfeit euros in 2011
Philippines – on coin circulation & coin shortages
Russia – counterfeit computer chips may have contributed to space mission failure
Russia – universal electronic card is postponed
Social media can reduce card fraud
Tanzania – the central bank & G&D
UK – TV series about cash depot robbery
US – dollar bill vs dollar coin
US – 2 senators propose legislation to phase out the dollar bill
US – how banks have lobbied in Washington DC
US/Missouri – 3 more charged in ATM Solutions robbery
US/New Jersey – legislation about ATM fees
US/New York – ATM skimmer found
US/New York – even a very crummy $5 counterfeit can pass, more than once
US/New York – Northeast Alliance FCU vs Mt Vernon Money Center
Vietnam – ATMs & payroll cards reducing the need for cash
Visa & Mastercard fight allegations of an ATM fee conspiracy
Wincor Nixdorf – upgradeable cash dispenser
Youtube video on banking & customer service
January 26 – 30 2012
Applied DNA Sciences & University of Albany & nanotechnology research for authentication
Bangladesh – fighting banknote forgery
Cash Depot – ATM & cash processing company in Wisconsin
Coinstar – coin thief thwarted at a Kroger Coinstar machine
Cummins Allison – currency processing for casinos
DeLaRue adding staff in Northern England
DeLaRue earning on track but cost-cutting continues
Diebold ATMs & cloud computing
Europe – counterfeit euro coin stats for 2011
G&D – compact banknote processing system
India – solar powered ATMs for rural areas
Innovative Technology Ltd – banknote validator
Ireland – update on the Sean Garland extradition case
Laos – new banknote issued to encourage use of domestic currency rather than US & Thai notes
Lithuania – central bank experiences a cyberattack
Nigeria – progress on the cashless policy in the Lagos area
Sri Lanka – Romanians to be deported for ATM skimming
US – cash remains the most popular way to make payments
US – on the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee
US – on the possibility of steel-core pennies
US/Florida – Colombian national arrested with US counterfeits
US/Colorado – money museum receives 1792 half-dime
US/Missouri – another ATM Solutions accomplice sentenced to jail
US/Ohio – Brink heist mastermind sentenced to 20 year term
Wincor Nixdorf management changes
January 24 – 25 2012
American Bankers Association – 2011 Deposit Account Survey
ATM Marketplace – videos from NRF, CETW & BAI conferences
Australia – contactless payments
Australia – exhibit at the Royal Australian Mint
Bitcoin, Ripple & peer-to-peer money
Boston Retail Partners 2012 POS Survey
Diebold self-service technology in healthcare
DNA marking technology for military equipment
India – desktop banknote sorting becomes a requirement for all banks
India – move to national identity card may move country toward cashless, eventually
InkSure speaking at Pan-European Security Printing Conference
Ireland – man builds a house out of shredded euros – video
Kenya – plastic money & cashless payments
New models for payments & the mobile wallet
New Zealand – gang that rams ATMs
Oliver Wyman – The Regulation of Traditional & Alternative Electronic Payments
PIN authentication vs signature verification (FRB Atlanta)
Solomon Islands – counterfeits
South Africa – ATM fraudsters arrested
Sudan – clashes in Darfur involving counterfeits
US/California – members of ATM theft gang sentenced to prison terms
US/Florida – $5m conspiracy at check cashing business
US/Montana – 4 years for counterfeiting
US/New York – visit the Museum of American Finance in Manhattan
Wincor Nixdorf CINEO cash recycling solution
January 21 – 23 2012
Accertify merchant fraud prevention study
ATM Marketplace – Customer Experience Technology Buyers Guide 2012
Austria – the central bank, bribery, kickbacks, money laundering & banknotes
Canada – on the polymer substrate money
Deluxe webinar on small businesses & identity theft prevention
DNA as invisible ink can reversibly hide patterns
DNA as invisible ink nanolithography article link
European Vending Association leadership
Glory USA portfolio of cash recycling equipment
India – RBI to initiate fake currency awareness program
India – vending machines could dispense monthly ration cards
Nigeria – rough road to cashless land
Retail Info Systems – 2012 Store Systems Study
Singapore – the cost to switch to chips
Singapore – lowest cheque & ATM fraud rates in the world
Thailand – card & ATM skimming
UAE – merchant claims not to have known US dollars were fake
UK – armed robber who died in prison gets some bizarre tributes
UK – how to tell if the new L50 note in your wallet is fake
US – Mint better stocked to produce & distribute silver coins in 2012
US/Minnesota – $2 million stolen by identity theft ring
Wincor Nixdorf 2011 financial results
January 20 2012
ATMIA conference – March 2012 – San Antonio TX
Australia – $1 coin design for 2012
Brazil – ATM network integration
ECB = has the euro influenced the choice of invoicing currency?
FTSI – currency management solution for CUs & community banks
ICCOS conference – March 2012 – Miami FL
India – counterfeit racket is busted
InkSure blog – the anticounterfeiting middle ground
Singapore – all ATMs should be updated by 2014
Thailand – multinational counterfeiting gang
UK – new 5p & 10p coins may not work in some parking meters & vending machines
UK – why can’t I scan a banknote?
Using ion beams to detect forgeries
US – breached merchant sues its processor
US – the rise of local currencies
US/Texas – ATM entrepreneurship
Vietnam – ATMs overwhelmed by huge crowds
January 18 – 19 2012
Biggest bank heists of all time
Finland – cash-back to be introduced in retail stores
Garda Cash Logistics customer meeting in Florida
Hologram Industries – 2011 financial results
IBM & retail customer checkout
Japan – 1970s shortage of 100 yen coins was the result of video game use of the coin
JDSU & the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals
JPMorgan – new currency services portal
NCR – checkout registers will be extinct in 10 years
Nepal – efforts to stem the flow of counterfeits into India
Philippines – more high denomination, fake, 1930s Federal Reserve bonds
Small businesses & the promise of mobile payments
South Korea – gift gimmick for the New Year – large denomination (& worthless) Zimbabwe notes
Taiwan – banknote forgery ring is busted
UAE – counterfeit Saudi riyals
US – on the convergence of cash & prepaid
US – 2012, the year of the skimmer
US/New York – 2 Russian nationals indicted for hacking into US financial institutions
Wincor Nixdorf & Volksbank Leipzig
World Micro – detecting counterfeit electronic components with heat solvent
January 15 – 17 2012
Applied DNA Sciences & nanochip anticounterfeiting
Australia – should ATMs be in casinos?
Canada – should the loonie & the toonie go to steel cores?
DeLaRue – takeover talk resumes
Digital banking forecast to 2015
Europe – euro counterfeit stats for 2011
If the US dollar “failed,” what might the consequences be?
India – 400% increase in fake currency
India – Pakistan’s ISI & Indian counterfeits
India – how to spot a fake rupee note
Iraq – new high denomination banknotes
Libya – withdrawing old design notes
Lithuania – coin & currency design
NCR – gives shoppers more choices in self-checkout
Nigeria – update on the cashless policy implementation
Philippines – reaching the unbanked with ATMs
Scotland – ATM moles dig for months & have little to show for it
Thailand – new banknote series
US – making the case against the penny
US – making passable counterfeits is getting easier
US – Mint production stats for 2011
US/Florida – robber who shot & killed Brinks guards gets life sentence
US/New York – suit against Loomis for theft of $3 million in parking meter coins is dismissed
Wincor Nixdorf & self-checkout
January 13 – 14 2012
Applied DNA Sciences helps convict major European drug ring
ATMs & temporal psychovisual modulation – a study
Botswana – ATM & banking security concerns
Canada – card spending in IVQ 2011
Canada – warning about counterfeit $100s
China – bust of a money forging factory
Diebold selects new headquarters site in Green Ohio
ecoATM – turning old phones into cash
Europe – counterfeit card fraud is on the decline due to chip-&-pin/EMV
Global banknote industry report
Huntington Bank display of 19th & 20th century checks of presidents & other famous people
India – commissioning domestic currency production operations
Maldives – 2 arrested with $1 million in US counterfeits
NCR – new head of emerging markets division
NCR – new POS terminal introduced at NRF show
New Zealand – NCR Predictive Services & the ATM network
RIS – 2011 digital touchpoint study
Singapore – ATM skimming arrests
Singapore – banks need a holistic ATM security mindset
South Sudan – counterfeiting problem?
US – new movie, Contraband, is about smuggling counterfeit US currency
US – TSA has accumulated $400k in coins at airports, especially at NY JFK
US/Idaho – 14 year sentence for check counterfeiting
US/Illinois – dirty & germy banknotes
Wincor Nixdorf, IKEA & cash recycling
Zipzap – global money transaction network
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