Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem

April 2021

April 26 – 30, 2021

Ancient Roman coins

Banknote Art Concept

Canada – counterfeit warning in BC

Cyprus – counterfeits

Digital payments & the cashless society

Ethiopia – polymer vs paper notes

IACA webinar on Environmental Sustainability in the Banknote Community

India – counterfeiter arrests

Jordan – banknote history

Kenya – banknote history

Malaysia – toward cashless

Portugal – Rare Scam Note From the Portuguese Banknote Crisis Is a Collector’s Item Today

Russia plans note upgrades, 2022-2025

Russia – police find counterfeits being used to buy cryptocurrency

Saudi Arabia – new banknote

UK – fake L20s.

UK – Bank of England reviews operational footprint in light of Covid & waning demand for cash

UK – Devastating warning to Ministers on the financial asset millions can’t do without: It’s crunch time for cash…Protect it by law – or it could be history in months

UK – new legislation would allow cash-back without purchase

Use of hologram in security feature for currency gains trade award

US – One of the First Dollar Coins Struck at the U.S. Mint Sells for $840,000 – The 1794 copper coin served as a prototype for the famed “Flowing Hair” silver dollar

US – Which Trailblazing Women Should Be Featured on Quarters? The US Mint Wants Your Suggestions

US/Pennsylvania – Hungarian pleads guilty in ATM skimming case

April 16 – 25, 2021

Africa – toward cashless

As We Move Toward a Cashless Society, These Are the Risks You Need To Know About

Brinks expands use of Gresham Technologies’ Clareti platform

Canada – The Flying Bandit & the biggest gold heist in Canadian history

Croatia – ATMs for small business

ECCB – polymer substrate note

Europe – ATM attacks

Global Currency Forum – webcast – a world without cash, 4.20.2021

How can banks use ATMs to their advantage?

How slowing down the cashless frenzy could ensure a more inclusive society in East Asia

India – ATM frauds across the country

India – banknote trivia

Indonesia – circulation of counterfeit banknotes declining due to digitization

Iraq – banknote history

Ireland – counterfeit British & Irish notes

Jamaica – banknote history

Malaysia – Bank Negara announces conditions for currency processing business

Mexico – banknote of the year

Netherlands – Dutch ATM robbers crossing into Germany

Nigeria – financial inclusion

Pakistan – Bitcoin ATMs

Russia – where do damaged banknotes end up?

Scotland – Bank of Scotland unveils design for £50 polymer note

Spectra Systems inks enhanced sensor contract with central bank customer

Swiss Mint Receives Two Numismatic Guinness World Records

UK – Boy shocked as money pours out of ATM he is fiddling with

UK – cash will disappear

UK cities embracing cashless spending in response to COVID-19

UK – how to save your banknotes when they become damaged

UK – post office – cash deposits & withdrawals return to pre-lockdown levels

UK – shoppers ditch cash over Covid fears

US – A “Long-Lost” Lord St. Oswald 1794 Half Cent Reappears

US – The new $20: A chance for accessible currency for the visually impaired

US/Tennessee – woman tries to use a $1 million note at a dollar store

US/Tennessee – Women banned from Dollar General after trying to use $1m bank note to pay for stuff

When Isaac Newton was Master of the Royal Mint.

April 8 – 15, 2021

Australia – is moving to cashless a good thing?

Bangladesh Bank raises limits for cash withdrawal from ATMs in virus lockdown

Bangladesh – new banknote

Banknote embroidery as political art – in pictures

Banknote Security – Don’t Take the Risk! Embedded Security Features are the Benchmark for the Overwhelming Majority of Banknotes

Bitcoin banknote project appoints designer of Swiss franc & former US mint director to board

Botswana – new note

Brink’s acquires largest privately owned provider of ATM services in the US.

Canada – counterfeits

Cash handling to grow by 2024

Cayman Islands – counterfeits

China-led digital payment revolution is making bills, coins & some currencies obsolete

China – Preference for contactless payments tanks China’s ATM usage

Coinstar helps Georgia man get cash for 91,000 pennies

Comparing Different Coin Sorting & Counting Machines

DeLaRue repays COVID furlough cash

DeLaRue expects annual operating profit at top of market consensus

Extinction of banknotes?

Financial services associations warn elected officials of COVID-related business practice disenfranchising 50 million Americans.

Ghana – banknote history

Greece – banknote history

Haiti – banknote history

Hungary – banknote history

Iceland – banknote history

India – counterfeits

India – counterfeit seizure

India – how will users withdraw funds with mobile wallets at ATMs

Malta – counterfeits

Nanotech launches FlavourOptik TASTE security thread for currency protection

Nanotech Wins $690,000 Purchase Order

Nepal – toward cashless

Offences Involving ATMs Study– How criminals see ATMs as targets – insight directly from them & more!

Philippines – new fees will push banks to install more ATMs in the provinces

Philippines – toward cashless

Public & Private in Coin Production

Restoring Islamic Coins to Reveal the Past – The Louvre Abu Dhabi is working on what it has named the Hoard of Jazira, more than 2,800 pieces of the region’s history.

Singapore – cash is still king.

Smithsonian Portraits podcast – 5/7/2021 – portraits on the money

Spectra Systems secures US patent for banknote disinfection process

UK – ATM visits could rise as the country’s economy opens up after Covid.

UK – Cashless society: Tamworth is one of the UK towns to lose a high number of ATMs during COVID-19

UK – Fears of a cashless society: ‘I don’t think anyone is thinking how this might affect elderly people like me’

UK finder’s ‘error’ may be worthless altered note

UK – Medieval gold coin hoards & skull ring discovered in Wales

US – ATM skimming scheme targeted banks nationwide

US money trivia

US – 1907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Graded by PCGS Sells for $4.1 Million

US/Illinois – $1.64 million in counterfeit currency seized by Customs this year at O’Hare

Vietnam – cashless payments

Vietnam – a young man with a passion for collecting old currency.

April 1 – 7, 2021

AmericanBanker – webcast – ATM Branding – Creating a powerful & functional brand engagement that drives growth, 4/6/2021

Are Your Cash Handling Guidelines & Procedures Damaging the Customer Experience?

ATM anxiety: Most people don’t know how much money they have, fear checking their balance

Bangladesh – counterfeits

G&D halts supply of Myanmar banknote components

India – NCR Corp launches first interoperable cardless cash withdrawal-enabled ATMs

Japan – e-commerce is disrupting the love of cash.

Lebanon Debuts Revolutionary Security Feature On New 100,000 Livres Banknote

Liberia: Abraham Darius Dillon Describes Resolution Seeking to Print New Liberian Banknotes in The Wake of Bountiful Unresolved Issues

Nepal – ATM hacking

New Zealand – counterfeits

Ten coins I’d love to own

UK – Bank of England – banknote checking scheme

UK – Medieval gold coins & rings officially declared as treasure

UK – toward cashless

US – Antebellum paper money

US/Rhode Island – Ancient coins may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate

Venezuela – 1b bolivar note launched