Counting On Currency

East African Community – Single Currency

Astrid Mitchell — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:23 +0000

On 30 June, at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala, five ambassadors stood before a map of East Africa, on which ribbons had been placed around the borders of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda....

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Valuable Change for US Notes

Brendan Burge — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:14 +0000

The Federal Register has published for public comment changes to United States Federal Reserve Notes to make them accessible to the blind and the visually impaired, knowing that the alterations will...

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Counterfeit Deterrence – Beating the Criminal Element

Astrid Mitchell — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:48 +0000

Call it human nature, but ever since the invention of paper money, people have tried to imitate and counterfeit it. The result has been an unending race between issuing authorities and perpetrators....

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2010 IACA Currency Awards

Brendan Burge — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:30:44 +0000

A new family of banknotes from Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank was one of the outstanding winners at the International Association of Currency Affairs’ (IACA) Excellence in Currency Awards, sponsored by...

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The ATM Machine of John Shepherd Barron

Brendan Burge — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:00:30 +0000

Those of us in the Cash handling business owe this man a debt of gratitude - without his having invented the ATM many of us would not be needed because cash would be less available...

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Evolution or Revolution – New ATM Design

Brendan Burge — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:00:10 +0000

And now for something completely different… in this world of high-tech gadget mania, I have now truly seen it all – at least when it comes to extremes in currency handling devices....

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US Government to Audit the FRB

Brendan Burge — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:00:36 +0000

It was announced yesterday afternoon that the US Senate approved (96-0) a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve System. Specifically the audit will investigate the Federal Reserve's economic crisis...

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Is The UK About To Dethrone Cash As King?

Brendan Burge — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:00:24 +0000

It is well known that the UK is a nation of early adopters and as such has been watched by many a pundit for signs of paradigm shifts. The institution of cash as a preferred payment medium is one of...

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Nationwide prohibits small in-branch cash withdrawals – Expected gripes ensue

Nicole Sturgill — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:30:44 +0000

A couple of weeks ago Nationwide Building Society in the UK announced that it would prohibit cash withdrawals of less than £100 in the teller queue at the branch. This ban affected only holders of...

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Death By A Thousand Cuts

Astrid Mitchell — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:09 +0000

The recent report by the Payments Council – the body responsible for setting the strategy for payments in the UK - should be a wake-up call to us all in the currency industry. Although the report...

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