Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem – November-December 2015 Links
07 December, 2015
Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem – November/December 2015 Links
December 6 – 11 2015
Colombia – sunken Spanish galleon full of coins found in Colombian territorial waters
Ethiopia – customers affected by ATM glitch
India – m-payment use highest in small towns
Philippines – old series notes being demonitized at the end of January
Scotland – scientist for portrait on new RBS note
UK – BoE – framework for evaluating automated banknote machines
November 28 – December 5 2015
ATM-Marketplace – ATM self-service concepts
Australia – did a worker steal A$1m from RBA’s Melbourne printing plant?
Canada – RCMP counterfeit bust
DeLaRue – falling banknote demand hits jobs
Diebold – blog – cash management & cash recycling ATMs
Diebold, Citibank & cardless ATMs
India – Bill Gates on financial inclusion
India – counterfeits from ISI in Pakistan
India – RBI coin issue program
Kenya – Safaricom’s contribution to GDP
KrebsonSecurity – fuel pump skimming scams
Mexico – international ATM scam ring
Nigeria – CBN promoting the cashless policy
Sierra Leone – toward cashless
UK – Clydesdale Bank issues first Scottish notes signed by a woman
UK – how good were candidates for banknote portraits at managing their own money
UK – retail sector, plastic banknotes, plastic cards
US – 1902 $10 national bank note sells for $250k at auction
US – should a woman replace Jackson on the $20 rather than Hamilton on the $10
US – BEP note production through October 2015
US – Treasury Secretary Lew admits the penny is a problem
US/Idaho – counterfeiting $1 bills
Zimbabwe – government orders $6m more in bond coins
November 23 – 28 2015
Anti-counterfeiting & brand protection summit, San Francisco, January 2016
Australia – blind teen gets banknotes fitted with braille
Authentication science – ink jet printing of holograms
Cards – preventing card counterfeiting by use of nanotechnology
China – is it possible to go cashless for one day?
Crane Paper & the western Massachusetts economy
DeLaRue considering sale of banknote sorting machine unit
Diebold plans to keep headquarters in Canton area post-Wincor acquisition
Europe – new E20 note enters circulation today
Europe – new technologies & methods to counter banknote counterfeiting
Fifth Third & the future of currency processing services
India – on domestic supplies of banknote inks
Indonesia – huge increase in the number of counterfeits
Israel – banknote design controversy
Kenya – M-Pesa, a critical view (subscription reqd)
Kenya – M-Pesa featured in a 60 Minutes segment
NCR – the vital role of the ATM on “black friday”
Nigeria – House of Representatives initiates probe of cashless policy
Pakistan – GSMA study – ecommerce & financial inclusion
Paper – cashless payments in the early-modern low countries, 1500-1800
Paper – the big problem of the petty coins in the middle ages
Paper – US currency & its denominational structure, 1775-1779
Patent – JDS Uniphase – optically variable device comprising magnetic flakes
Philippines – on reaching the unbanked
Russia – thieves steal $4m in cash with novel reverse-ATM attack
Rwanda – Safaricom & mobile money
South Africa – ATM bombing in Cape Town
Tanzania – central bank & coin distribution
UK – contactless payments on TfL
UK – on the fate of 1p & 2p coins
US – a bankrupt Irishman created the dollar sign by accident
US – advocating getting rid of the penny
US – Americans prefer cash when doing holiday shopping
US – John Oliver rants about the penny, video
US – NPR on whether pennies make sense or not
US – WSJ – should the Treasury ditch the penny, analysis
US/Massachusetts – the real cost of counterfeits
Wales – cache of ancient Roman silver coins
Zimbabwe – bond coins gain popularity & rand coins slump
Zimbabwe – RBZ supports rejection of Rand coins by retailer
November 17 – 22 2015
ATM Marketplace – paper – ATM monitoring technology
ATM Marketplace – paper – ATM fraud & security 101
Australia – Bulgarians arrested in ATM scam
Australia – cashless welfare payments scheme
Barbados – mobile financial services
Book review – America’s Bank, the Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
Cambodia – 3 Bulgarian nationals arrested for ATM skimming
China – businesses not allowed to refuse new 100 yuan note
China – damaged banknotes used to generate electricity
China – mobile payments & cashless
Europe – about the new E20 note, video
Diebold – on branch transformation
Fujitsu – video – transforming financial services for a hyperconnected world
Global financial literacy survey
India – Diwali expenditures prove that cash is still king
India – government banknote printer invites proposals for materials & equipment upgrades
Indonesia – counterfeits in Java
Ireland – Mayo retail equipment supplier makes sure to accommodate cash & cashless needs
Ireland – Romanian nationals convicted in ATM scam case
NCR – ATM & mobile convergence
Overturning the sin of usury in the middle ages
Report – the future of security substrates, inks & laminates
Rwanda – financial inclusion & prepaid cards
Switzerland – trove of ancient Roman coins found
UK – hoard of 16th century coin clippings found
US – behind the scenes at the US Mint
US – the cotton famine of 1862-63 & the US one dollar note
US – illustrated history of American money design
US – International Trade Commission takes on Diebold vs Nautilus Hyosung
US/Florida – mayor of Hialeah tries to pay $4000 ethics fine with 360k pennies
US/Indiana – spate of counterfeits in northern part of the state
Vietnam – Peruvian arrested for ATM theft
Zimbabwe – retailer refuses rand coins
