01.25.2011
Since last year, Currency News has been running a series on cash circulation models around the world, and has so far looked at three countries: Norway, Israel and China. In Israel and Norway, the central bank has removed itself – either partially or entirely – from the cash circulation process (Norway has even outsourced the destruction of banknotes). In China, on the other hand, the central bank continues to maintain direct control over cash circulation, up until the cash reaches the commercial banks. The focus now turns to South Africa, an early adopter of global cash management technology which has one of the most forward-thinking cash industries in the world.
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01.18.2011
We all know how currency printers, security device suppliers and counterfeiters are constantly trying to outsmart each other. A recent paper published in the periodical Advanced Materials. It seems that science has advanced to the extent that it is now possible to print a transistor circuit onto paper using organic compounds. The science of this is far beyond my comprehension, but I do understand the basic principle.
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