Oman has launched its first polymer one-rial banknote, which will start circulating from January 11, 2026. Made from durable ...

Citizens in Fiji will begin to see circulation of new polymer notes that feature updated security features among the changes.

The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has announced the launch of the Sultanate’s first-ever polymer one-rial commemorative banknote, marking a major milestone in the evolution of the country’s national ...

The life expectancy of paper money varies anywhere between a day to 18-24 months for the most commonly used bank notes. The higher the denomination of the note, the longer it tends to last, and thus ...

The need to preserve physical cash has led to the innovative use of polymer as a durable, secure, and sustainable alternative material for banknote production. The need to preserve physical cash has ...

The demonetization took effect April 1. The Bank of Jamaica has demonetized its old cotton banknotes, including the $5,000, $1,000, $500, $100, and $50 denominations. This action is a form of currency ...

In 2016 the Bank of England introduced plastic (polymer) banknotes, alongside 50 other countries that use polymer banknotes Counterfeit polymer banknotes on the streets have increased over the last ...

Although an increasing number of countries are switching to sturdier, harder-to-copy polymer banknotes, the things still are being counterfeited. A new technology could help weed those fakes out, by ...

One of the reasons countries around the world are transitioning from paper to plastic polymer banknotes was the promise they’d be harder to counterfeit—but it didn’t take long for fakes to proliferate ...

Banknote printer De La Rue said on Thursday annual profit would exceed market expectations and set aside five million pounds ($6.83 million) more than it previously planned for its polymer strategy ...

SIR: Despite public apathy to the introduction of polymer Naira notes in year 2006, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo the then rabid and super Central Bank governor ignored every dissenting voices and ...

Since the introduction of plastic (polymer) banknotes in 2016, the number of counterfeit notes on the streets has increased, however, researchers have developed a novel technique called Polymer ...