Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem – July 2015 Links
24 July, 2015
Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem -Â July 2015Â Links
July 19 – 24 2015
Argentina – trying to inflate their way out of debt
Australia – 1c & 5c coins now cost more to make than their face value
Bulgaria – central bank shifts BGN2 banknote to a coin
Canada – small banks level the playing field with surcharge-free ATM network
Canadian Banknote & Unicom Graphics
Currency history – 12 types of currency you could eat, drink or smoke
Currency News – Greece shows that cash is still king
CurrencyScene – new directions for CiT
David Birch – money is a technology
DeLaRue – banknote business prospects
DeLaRue – next generation ID management solutions
Europe – ECB signs MOU with partners on E20 note
Ghana – electronic payments for cocoa farmers
Harvard Business School case – the transformation of NCR
Harvard Business School paper – mobile money services, design & development for financial inclusion
India – have RBIs rules on ATM withdrawals affected banking patterns
India – NPCI & a national digital enablement platform
India – white label ATMs, policy
International Finance Magazine – cash is not dying anytime soon
KrebsonSecurity – ATM skimming in Mexico
Materials science – link to the paper about stronger paper
NCR – $10 billion bid may not be enough to buy the company
Nigeria – counterfeiting ring is busted
Nigeria – the cashless policy & technological innovation
Paper – an experiment in retail payment systems
Paper – Bitcoin price, is a new round a volatility on the way
Paper – impact of smartphones in Southeast Asia
Paper – social network effects on mobile money adoption in Uganda
Philippines – digitizing business payments, a video
QDS – how much does a cash recycler cost
Slovenia – counterfeit dollar notes
South Africa – why mobile money has flopped
UK – Beatrix Potter is one of many public-nominations for the L20
UK – the monetary crisis of the 1690s & the great recoinage of 1696
US/California – dog attack at the San Francisco Mint
US/Georgia – NCR headquarters design in Atlanta
US/Pennsylvania – coupon counterfeiting ring
Wincor Nixdorf – restructuring expenses in FY 2015 IIIQ
July 13 – 18 2015
Australia – 1813 ‘holey dollar’ goes to auction block
Australia – hundreds of ATM investors face losses due to nonexistent machines
Australia – warning about fake A$50s
Authentication – securing PIN transactions with photons
Canada – ATM security measures can reduce theft
Cetologic adds banks in Kansas, Iowa & Texas
FRB Boston – paper – perspectives on mobile wallet evolution
India – paper – role of mobile money in replacing cash in South India
India – RBI guidelines on ATM cards
Indonesia – targeting the unbanked with Straight2Bank wallet
Kenya – will telcos get payment licenses?
Malaysia – the Securency bribery case resurfaces
Malaysia – Securency case, Australian government position
Malaysia – Prime Minister threatens to sue 2 Australian newspapers about the Securency accusations
NCR – developments related to Atlanta headquarters
NCR – small business “concierge” program
Nigeria – banks start assessing penalties on customers who withdraw too much cash
Nigeria – the agony of bullion vans on the road
Patent – Mastercard – method for accelerating payment card usage change
Patent – Warm – dollar coin converter
PaymentEye – are cashless societies the future, video interview
Philippines – stapling, crumpling & marking bills is illegal
Saudi Arabia – King briefed on new banknote & coin designs
SICPA facing a bribery probe in Brazil
Smithsonian – the evolution of money, from feathers to credit cards
Thailand – AIS & TNS strengthen ATM & POS security
UK – Barclays moving from tellers to assisted-service-counters (ATMs)
UK – BoE provides a cost-estimate for selecting a new portrait for the L20 note
UK – firewall infrastructure protection at the Royal Mint
UK – how will businesses deal with the rise of cashless payments?
US – first US penny, 1789, bore the motto Mind Your Business
US Mint – coin production in IH 2015
US/Florida – aide at West Palm Beach Secret Service office admits passing counterfeits
US/Florida – ATM robbers use a backhoe, what could possibly go wrong?
US/Tennessee – woman spending counterfeit notes blames it all on Obama
What is the money worth in TV shows, film, literature, games, an infographic
WorldRemit CEO claims cash is dying in the developing world (not hardly)
Xerox – patent on a method to prevent reproduction of banknotes
Zimbabwe – on the utility of bond coins
July 6 – 12 2015
Africa – going cashless where cash is king
ATM Marketplace – banknotes & rubber bands
Australia – cashless welfare program will keep natives from buying booze
Authentication – how 34,000 tiny holes could stop counterfeiting
Authentication – nanoelectronics on textiles, paper, wood & stone
Authentication – ultra high-capacity non-periodic photon-sieves operating in visible light
Authentication – making the case for UV counterfeit detectors
BankInfoSecurity – FS-ISAC issues remote access attack alert
Canada – CPA study – the role of automated funds transfers in Canada’s declining use of cheques
Canada – history of the Royal Canadian Mint
Canada – Manulife Bank installing 830 ATMs in retail stores
Cardtronics & Columbus Data Services
China – flawed banknote thought be be very valuable
Europe – cash usage by country
Europe – currencies are easy, currency policies are hard
Greece – on the fragility of money & the need to deal with debt
Huffington Post – only 8% of the faces on banknotes around the world are women
India – forecast of mobile & online commerce
India – man electrocuted by water-drenched ATM in Uttar Pradesh
India – Paytm & P2P funds transfers
India – some techniques to promote electronic payments & reduce cash usage
India – Vodafone, M-Pesa, Walmart-India & mobile payments
India – cost of producing a 1 rupee note is higher than for a 10 rupee note
Indonesia – counterfeits on the rise
JDS Uniphase – can it meet analyst expectations
Kenya – bulk electronic payment services for business
Liberia – US$700,000 in counterfeits
MotherJones – Teddy Roosevelt was obsessed with making US coins look like the drachma
Nautilus Hyosung – management changes
New Zealand – cashless developments
Nigeria – Access Bank’s Paywithcapture service promotes cashless
Nigeria – banks implement withdrawal surcharge policy nationwide
NPR/Wisconsin Public Radio – is the end near for the ATM?
Pakistan – getting fresh banknotes for Eid
Patent – Scan Coin AB – module & apparatus
Patent – Wincor Nixdorf – cash box with partially plate-shaped closing unit
Scotland – Bank of Scotland to introduce polymer notes using DeLaRue substrate
Saudi Arabia – maximum purchase value on ATM card raised to $16,000
Thailand – Ukrainian nationals arrested with fake ATM cards
UK – cash remains the most popular way to pay
UK – Clydesdale Bank polymer note
US – BEP tackling legacy IT with the help of Deloitte
US – countdown to EMV, an infographic
US – Jack Lew on Hamilton & the $10
US – what was banking like before ATMs & mobile phones, a video
US/Georgia – one of the oldest known Georgia national banknotes to be auctioned
US/New York – German national sentenced to 50 months for $14m ATM hack
Venezuela – is origami all that the depreciated currency is good for?
Venezuela – largest banknote now has purchasing power of US$0.16
Wincor Nixdorf – paper – how crime can undermine the convenience of cash
Zambia – banknote features to help the visually-impaired
 June 30 – July 5 2015
ATM Marketplace – reexamining the cost of cash
Australia – ATM use is on the decline
Australia – Royal Mint installs solar panels
Bangladesh – surge in counterfeits
Bangladesh – use of non-cash instruments is growing
BBC – Why Factor podcast – why do we need cash?
Coins as parting gifts from convicts being transported to Australia
Deloitte – report – taking mobile payments from coffee shops to retail stores
Diebold & the heirs of Elliott Ness in a squabble about ancient stock certificate
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank will begin 1c & 2c withdrawal this week
Engineering&Technology – on the development of a universal payment app for public transit worldwide
Ensuring consumers are protected when using nonbank payments
Europe – the euro crisis in pictures
Greece – empty ATMs show the surprising power of cash
Greece – introducing a new currency would be no small feat, judging from historical experience
Greece – what did the drachma look like
Greece – would the return of the drachma be a bonanza for banknote printers
Hong Kong – fake HSBC $150 notes
India – on the management of currency by the central bank
Ireland – cash is still king, if diminishing
Kenya – ATMs that dispense water
Kenya – mobile money & financial inclusion
Mobile payments – migrating from coffee shops to retail stores
Netherlands – smart phone app that identifies counterfeit euro banknotes
Nigeria – CBN takes cashless policy & clean-notes policy to Delta state
Philippines – on new banknote design
Qatar – coin shortage has eased
Romania – banknote counterfeiting
Spain – BBVA, digital payments, cashless
Spectra Systems signs $5.6m contract with Chinese company
Sweden – backlash against the cashless society
UK – death of cash is exaggerated
UK – how will retailers know if polymer-substrate notes are real
UK – vending machine for milk that dates to 1940
US – BEP print volume in May 2015
US – featuring a woman on the $10 should not be a problem for most Orthodox Jews
US – on grocery store automation
US/Illinois – coin counting services end in Chase branches
US/Illinois – Jane Addams is a candidate for the $10
US/Minnesota – US Bank losing lots of money on airport ATMs
US/New York – Sen Schumer launches women-on-currency poll
Warhol $1 painting sells for L20m
World Economic Forum – report – the future of financial services 2015
