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Elsewhere on the web – Cash Essentials

Counting On Currency’s Cash Per Diem

September 20 – 30, 2021

Ancient dogecoin: 2,000 years ago, humans used dogs as currency, study suggests – From genetic evidence, researchers deduced that ancient cultures traded dogs across Asia

Ancient dogecoin study

ATMIA – webinar – How Covid-19 is shaping ATM trends and driving innovation? 10/20/2021.

Bangladesh – counterfeits

Denmark – Danish museum lends artist £60,000 for work incorporating banknotes – only for him to keep the cash and name the blank installation ‘Take the Money and Run’

Ghana – ATM fraud

Ghana – phasing out GH¢1 & GH¢2 notes but will retain GH¢1 & GH¢2 coins

Ghana – Nigerian arrested with 656 ATM cards

India – cash use will decline precipitously with the rise of digital payments

India – counterfeiting stats

India – counterfeits

India – history of the rupee

India – toward cashless

India – Viral message on Rs 500 note security thread debunked

Malaysia – Having ATMs in rural areas up to govt, not banks, says ex-minister

Money is the one true god, video

New Zealand – banknote history

Nigeria – court restricts CBN’s cash deposit & withdrawal taxes

Norway – banknote history

Oman – ATM usage on the decline

Oman – banknote history

Pakistan – banknote history

Philippines – BSP says P20 banknotes stay as legal tender amid circulating false group chat messages

Romania – new note

Singapore – counterfeits

South Korea – ATM count in decline

Spain – Amateur divers discover ‘enormously valuable’ hoard of Roman coins

Swaziland – new notes

Treasure hunter finds gold hoard buried by Iron Age chieftain

UK – Britons forced to relinquish cash against their will

UK – Gold Charles I coin brings in tens of thousands at auction

UK shoppers have one year to spend £24 billion of old banknotes

UK – We need to protect access to cash, but there’s no one-size-fits-all approach

US – cash usage & cash hoarding

US Mint produces nearly 1.2 billion coins for circulation in August

US – OIG report on BEP includes update on redesign schedule

US – Ryder Suddenly Out as Director of the Mint

US – Samuel Upham & Confederate counterfeits

September 13 – 20, 2021

Barbados – ATM regulations unfair to low-income people

Cash is disappearing & the unbanked are stranded

Cash Processing Solutions secures significant order for Single Note Inspection Systems from Indian State Printworks

DeLaRue in Malta

Dominican Republic – new banknote

Eastern Europe – banknote history

Europe – the euro & real/fake bridges

Europe – miniature bridges in Rotterdam are the bridges on the euro

How a cashless society may spell doom for an entire industry

How much do you know about currency, a quiz

India – counterfeits.

Koenig & Bauer creates house notes to showcase product development

Mexico – Banxico receives recognition from IBNS for Banknote of the Year 2020

Nepal – banknote history

Netherlands – banknote history

São Tomé & Príncipe reverts to cotton for new bank notes

Somalia – toward cashless

Sustainability – hallmark of cash

The dangers of running a multi-million dollar cash business

Uganda – toward cashless

US$100 bills do not contain tags in their blue security ribbons that are connected to devices used by law enforcement

UK – One in five people blocked from paying in cash since lockdown rules eased

UK – cash is the top choice for parking payments

UK – pennies back in production

UK – Road workers discover Roman coins & more while building a new bypass

US – history of Buffalo Nickels

US – Philadelphia CBP officers seize nearly $100k in counterfeit currency from Russia destined for Illinois

Zimbabwe artist turns worthless old Mugabe-era banknotes into paintings

September 6 – 13, 2021

Bahrain – cashless payments IH 2021

BRICS report makes case for developing safe digital architecture to promote financial inclusion

CCL – webinar – Costa Rica’s introduction of polymer banknotes, 9/29/2021

China – TDI webinar – Cashless Payments – Insights from China & What the Future Holds for Insurers, 9/16/2021.

France – Workmen discover hoard of 17^th century gold coins in wall of Brittany manor house

FRB Philadelphia – The Future of Cash

Germany – Three in four Germans want cashless payment options at every point of sale

Going Cashless: It’s Not What You Think

Happy 50th Birthday, ATM

ICA contribution to the Bank of England consultation on its discussion paper ‘New Forms of Digital Money’

India – ATM gang targeting banks is busted

Inda – Banks urge RBI to relax rules on ATM cash-outs

India – Cops trace Nigerian woman heading ATM cash theft gang to Gurugram

India’s Largest Non-Bank ATM Operator Files Papers For IPO: Here’s What You Need To Know

India – money museum in Bengaluru

India – police bust 2 gangs of ATM fraudsters

Japan – Police accuse 3 Vietnam nationals of passing fake antique 10,000-yen notes in Tokyo

Kenya – ATM count at an 8-year low.

MDC – webinar – Cash vs cashless, the hidden costs to consumers & society, 9/16/2021.

Mozambique – counterfeits

New Zealand – Fake Auckland $100,000 cash drop: Commerce Commission issues warning, only $3600 in real money used   

New Zealand – 2 years for counterfeiting

Nicaragua – currency history

Nigeria – worries over currency mutilation syndrome

Nigeria – banknote history

North America & Europe Lead Bitcoin ATM Charge

Number of cashless transactions by region

Philippines – BSP issues tips in determining fake from authentic banknotes

Tubman, Jackson, and Boggs: How Art Predicted the Future of US Paper Money

UK – A cashless society is brilliant…if you are a spy or a thief

UK – Link – 2020-2021 Annual Report – Protecting access to cash.

UK – Man delivered quarter of a million pounds of criminal cash in bin bags

US – The Top 6 Most Expensive US Coins

US/Illinois – 5 years for counterfeiting

Which European country is winning the race to become completely cashless?

Zambia – central bank explains the cash shortage

September 1 – 6, 2021

A kaleidoscopic journey through money

Are CBDCs the future of cash?

Argentina – counterfeit bust

Art Fiduciaire, symbolism in banknotes

ATMIA releases Cash Stories highlighting the positive impact of cash on everyday life & during the pandemic

Bitcoin ATM firms seek to shape regulations

Cash not only survived the pandemic — it came out stronger

Coinage in the Roman provinces

Germany – central bank inundated with money damaged in floods

Germany – bank literally launders €51,000,000 after notes damaged in flood

Hong Kong – Historic banknote certified by PMG realizes over $200,000

India – 3 arrested for counterfeiting

India Currency: security features of banknotes in circulation- security thread, colour shifting ink, angular bleed lines & others

Japan starts printing new banknote

Japan – new note

Money Heist: Why you need a lot more than a ‘professor’ to take over the Royal Mint

Namibia – banknote history

Nigeria – digital currency & the cost of paper currency

Northern Ireland – Revealed: No PSNI officers assigned to 2004 Northern Bank robbery investigation

Portals – on banknote paper

Seychelles – toward cashless

Spartan?: tougher, ultra?durable, cost?effective banknotes for the note/coin boundary

The case for cash, why we still need paper money

UAE – toward cashless

UK – As central banks debate digital currencies, the UK aims to protect cash

UK – Metal detectorist finds Viking coin hoard in the Isle of Man

UK – Warning as old £20 notes will become unusable this month – A certain cut-off date means you won’t be able to use the old paper notes

US – 2^nd Circuit: No contempt sanctions against Chinese banks in $1 billion counterfeit case

US Mint officials discuss challenges of demand spike & pandemic

Uzbekistan – new note