Counting On Currency

A Call for Standards in Currency Processing

Astrid Mitchell — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:15:44 +0000

Pretty well every conference has a topical subject or theme. The prevalent one at ICCOS Americas in Miami in March was industry standards or, to phrase it better, the lack of them (and the corollary,...

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Bank tells customer: We don’t take cash anymore

Brendan Burge — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:15:41 +0000

Last week, Bjart Berge headed to his local Nordea branch in Stavanger city centre to deposit his remaining dollars after returning from a trip to the United States, only to be told the bank no longer...

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Meeting the Demand for Cash

Brendan Burge — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:15:51 +0000

When it comes to using cash, it’s like the flip of a coin: - Americans still use cash roughly one out of every two times they buy something. And for transactions of less than $10, physical...

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Fausto Giori – On The Record

Astrid Mitchell — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:15:29 +0000

After a career spanning almost 50 years with KBA-NotaSys, Fausto Giori has become one of the most familiar faces in the banknote industry, renowned for his role in driving forward developments in...

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Remembering Adrian Baxter

Brendan Burge — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:30:34 +0000

My dear friend and long-time colleague Adrian Baxter lost his battle with cancer this past Sunday evening. To say that he lost the battle is an understatement. Adrian had a unique and inspirational...

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The War On Cash

Brendan Burge — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:04 +0000

The Cashless Society - it seems that everywhere I go, I still hear the same story over and over again - cash is going away. Well, I am here to say that despite the monumental efforts of governments...

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ICCOS Americas 2012 – Miami

Brendan Burge — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:00:24 +0000

We are looking forward to another ICCOS Americas event to be held in Miami Florida, March 11th to 14th. As with past events, we anticipate another fantastic line-up of presentations and interesting...

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A New Twist on Old Technologies

Astrid Mitchell — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:26:12 +0000

Improvements in security features are occasionally of the ground-breaking variety – the introduction of optically variable features such as holograms and OVI for example. Or polymer substrates with...

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That Was the Year That Was

Astrid Mitchell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:40 +0000

In our natural world, 2011 brought huge earthquakes in Argentina, China, Japan and New Zealand. Devastating floods occurred in Australia and South East Asia, and a savage tsunami struck Japan,...

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The Voice of Cash

Astrid Mitchell — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:11 +0000

What do grey squirrels and cashless payments have in common? Admittedly, the link isn’t obvious. The grey squirrel, classified as vermin in Northern Europe because it is decimating the population of...

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