Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem – February 2017 Links
28 February, 2017
Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem
February 2017 Links
February 23 – 28 2017
Australia – polymer banknote manufacture does not require use of animal fat
Australia – the cashless economy makes people less generous, survey
Book recommendation – Other People’s Money – How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic
Canada – Royal Canadian Mint struggling to make money
Crane Security Technologies vs Rolling Optics AB
GSMA – State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
India – “Children Bank of India” money dispensed by ATMs
India – counterfeit notes found that were printed on Bangladesh stamp paper
India – digital literacy is critical to the move toward cashless
Kenya – the future of banking is digital
Nigeria – fees on cash deposits re-introduced by CBN
NTT Data – How digital payments are changing mobile commerce
Philippines – startup wants to build a cashless economy
Rwanda – does going cashless require the end of cash-dispensing ATMs?
South Africa – toward cashless
South Korea – Puloon, ATM maker, targets US market
UK – Britons could lose as much as L1.1 billion from L1 coin changeover
UK – counterfeit cash factory busted in Yorkshire
UK – fake L5 notes already appearing
UK – parking lot ticket machines still cannot accommodate new L1 coin
UK – private currency in Liverpool
US – 1804 dollar expected to yield millions at auction
US – BEP offers currency reader for the visually impaired
US – big banks starting of deploy card-less ATMs
US – British colonies in North America had a scarcity-of-cash problem
US – Mint releases Fort Knox gold audits under FOIA request
US – value of cash in a digital payments landscape
US/Florida – bag of cocaine ‘deposited’ in an ATM, gums up the works
US/New York – GQ writer says its still a good idea to carry some cash in NYC
US/New York – the art-history of our money, exhibit in NYC
US/New York – the Civil War currency of Albany merchants
Venezuela – on the new banknotes
Zimbabwe – bond notes being counterfeited
February 16 – 23 2017
Australia – almost $800 million annually being paid as ATM fees
Australia – RBA unveils next-generation banknote
Banks, CUs & cash access strategies
Canada – BoC report – Canadian & Dominion banknotes, lessons for virtual currencies
Canada – Ontario man stuffed $100,000 into the back of his TV
Costa Rica – Romanian nationals arrested in ATM skimming
CPI launches banknote recycler
Futuristic ATM may mean you never go into a branch again
Glory Global Solutions in Brazil
India – cash is here to stay despite demonitization, study
India – fake Rs2000 notes entering the country through Bangladesh
India – new Rs1000 notes on their way
India – RBI tries to dispel rumors about fake Rs10 coins
India – Security Printing & Minting Corp of India & its role in demonitization
Kenya – Safaricom to reveal M-Pesa transaction costs
Philippines – toward digital banking & payments
Report – 10 year forecast of currency counting machines market
Report – security ink market analysis
Sweden – new coins are nickel-free
Ukraine – desire to move toward cashless vs the persistence of the black market
UK – $30 million counterfeit L1 coins in circulation?
UK – British Hindus are furious about the use of animal byproducts in manufacture of polymer notes
UK – how a group of retirees pulled off one of the biggest jewelry robberies in history
US – Harriett Tubman’s appearance on the $20 may be in question
US – postal currency during the Civil War
US – cost of producing the penny & nickel during 2016
US/Iowa – seminar on banknotes issued by state-chartered banks in Iowa before & during the Civil War
US/Washington – Spokane, 1917, competition between gold coins & banknotes
Zimbabwe – bond notes may be more popular among collectors on eBay than in-country
Zimbabwe – rollout of bond notes begins
February 8 – 15 2017
ATM cards vs smartphones at the ATM
Canada – growing counterfeit problem involving US notes
Canada – the end of the penny, lessons for the US?
CCL Industries + Innovia Films
China – 100 yuan note features another mole on Mao’s face, not a counterfeit
CoinWeek podcast – Austrian mint engraver interviewed
Cummins Allison – ATM/EMV certification from multiple card networks
Diebold looks forward to a more diversified future
Diebold-Nixdorf & Air Bank Bridge – new contactless solution
Diebold Nixdorf financial & business results
FTSI chooses Vantiv for credit, debit & ATM processing
Germany – central bank brings back its gold from FRB NY, where it was stored during the Cold War
India – cash crisis spawns an unlikely billionaire
India – history of the country’s ancient coinage
India – Hitachi Payment Systems admits malware contaminated its ATM network software in 2016
India – hundreds of Rs2000 counterfeits from Pakistan seized
India – RBI printing plant won’t disclose its production capacity
Isle of Man – cost of accommodating vending machines to the new L1 coin
iTellio & Morphis introduce ATM cash forecasting product
Kenya – on mobile money, a podcast
Nautilus Hyosung – new service center
NCR – launches POS products in the UK
Nigeria – bankers involved in a currency fraud
Nigeria – cashless rollout to 30 states
Nigeria – counterfeit banknote statistics
Paraguay – central bank to count 30 tons of Venezuelan bills
Philippines – PayPal & cashless payments
Poland – 2016 consumer payments survey (in Polish)
Poland – making digital payments is habit-forming
Russia – a plastic substrate note planned for 2018
Somalia – government to resume printing banknotes soon
Spain – coin confusion during the Spanish Civil War
Study – impact of digital financial services
Thailand – Samsung Pay & cashless payments
Triton – celebrates the 50th birthday of the ATM with an infographic on ATM evolution
UK – 5 tips to make sure you are ready for the L10 polymer substrate note
UK – BoE announces plan of attack regarding animal-derived products used in note manufacture
UK – cash is still king for small businesses, survey
UK – report – cash & electronic payments survey
USA Technologies & Pepsi Bottlers
US – a tour of the Denver Mint facility
US – banknote found on Billy the Kid’s body goes up at auction
US – history of counterfeit postage stamps
US – history of high denomination banknotes
US – how to get a currency reader for the blind from the BEP
US – in 1985, the US Treasury found an older vault behind its old vault
US/Florida & California – Argentina based counterfeit scheme targets Disneyland & DisneyWorld
US/Minnesota – Wells Fargo pulling coin counting machines from branch lobbies
US/New York – Turkish national who was mastermind on $55m ATM fraud is sentenced to 8 years
Wealth effects of mobile money & financial inclusion
February 1 – 8 2017
ABA – robbery database adds ATM crime feature
Africa – Mastercard financial inclusion initiative
Australia – card-only merchants
Australia – what happened to 1c & 2c coins, podcast
Burundi – money changing innovations
Canada – counterfeit US currency
Canada – Royal Mint work who smuggled out gold receives 30 month sentence
Coin technology is improving with authentication benefits
Diebold Nixdorf – protection against ATM malware attacks
Europe – EC proposal to place restrictions on payments with cash
Financial inclusion drives worldwide increase in ATM usage
India – a rocky demonitization ride
India – cash no longer acceptable for payments over Rs3 lakh (approx USD$4500)
India – demonitization could have caused lasting damage to the economy
India – Modi government struggling to explain demonitization in Parliament
India – RBI can’t say who took the decisions on demonitization
India – RBI is for cashless & against Bitcoin
Indonesia – cashless methods for aid disbursement
Israel – new banknotes featuring women
MorphisOnline & independent ATM owner/operators
Report – North American ATM market, 2016-2022
Report – top vendors in the global packaging anti-counterfeit market
Report – US currency sorter market 2017
Solomon Islands – new banknote
South Korea – counterfeit notes fell sharply in 2016
Spain – banknote forger on trial
Study – money, financial literacy & risk in the digital age
Thailand – supermarket giving candies in change due to coin shortage
Turkey – bank offers ATM service with eye scans
UK – innovative robbery of a coin distribution center
UK – parking meters must be replaced to accommodate new L1 coin
UK – pensioner finds L35,000 in gold & silver coins in inherited house
UK – Surrey book provides details on the first married couple hanged for producing counterfeit coins
UK – vegan with banknote complaint to meet with Parliamentary committee
USA Technologies & Premier Services Transitions
US – Martha Washington appeared on the first silver certificate
US – some businesses start turning away cash payments
US – thermochromic ink on NFL tickets
US/New York – cupcake ATM in NYC
Zimbabwe – distribution of bond notes leads to US dollar hoarding
Zimbabwe – cash shortage is severe, is the economy facing disaster?
Zimbabwe – new bond notes as the cash crisis persists
