About Currency News
Banknotes and Coins —
from Cradle-to-Grave
The definitive source of news, analysis and commentary on the global currency industry — covering every stage of the lifecycle of cash.
Currency News™ is a unique and comprehensive one-stop source of information covering the specification, design, production, distribution and management in circulation of banknotes and coins, from 'cradle-to-grave'.
Founded in 2003, Currency News pioneered the delivery of news, analysis and commentary on the currency industry and continues to be essential reading for anyone involved in specifying, issuing, producing or handling currency. In 12 information-packed issues per year, supplemented by a bi-weekly news update, it covers all aspects of currency, with a focus on the events, standards, companies, people and technologies shaping the evolution and development of banknotes and coins around the world.
Currency News is published by Currency Publications Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reconnaissance International. Along with Currency News, we also publish Cash & Payment News™ and Coin & Mint News™, along with regular supplements, special reports and directories.
What Currency News Covers
Banknotes & Coins
New issues and designs — circulating and commemorative
Government
Legislation, directives and standards
Central Banks
Policies, programmes and statistics
Markets
National and regional profiles, macro-economic trends
Companies
Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and financial reviews
People
Key appointments and interviews
Technologies
Substrates, security features, machinery and software
Production
Pre-press, printing, minting and automation
Processing
Handling, sorting, counting, verification and destruction
Cash Management
Transport, vending, dispensing and recycling
Enforcement
Counterfeiting, detection, seizures and statistics
Strategies
Optimisation, outsourcing, efficiencies and sustainability
Who Should Read Currency News
Your Subscription Includes
12 issues/year
Bi-weekly news updates
CurrencyCheck database
Tender alerts
Discounted reports
Discounts on CPN & CMN
Editorial Team
Editor
Astrid Mitchell
Astrid spent 25 years in marketing and strategic development for De La Rue, OpSec and Bundesdruckerei prior to joining Reconnaissance International in 2002, where she is now CEO. She leads the editorial direction of Currency News and its sister publications.
Board of Advisors
Antti Heinonen
Formerly Chief Casher at the Bank of Finland, then Director of Banknotes at the European Central Bank and, latterly, Chairman of the Banknote Ethics Initiative.
Lahcen Hadouni
Formerly Managing Director of Dar-as Sikkah, the banknote printing subsidiary Bank al-Maghrib, and currently Project Director with Philipateer and Steering Committee Member of CashEssentials.
Concha Jiménez
Former Director General of Cash and Branches and Board member of Banco de España.
Michael Lambert
Former Associate Director of the Federal Reserve System, with responsibility for US currency issue.
Ross Macdiarmid
Former CEO of the Royal Australian Mint and first Executive Director of the Mint Directors Association.
Tsuyoshi Uematsu
Former Director of the International Relations Office of Japan's banknote printer, the National Printing Bureau.
Richard Wall
Formerly Managing Director of the Currency Department at the Bank of Canada, and now Chairman of the International Association of Currency Affairs.
Lydia Yip
Formerly Head of Currency for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and now an advisor to central banks.
Editorial Policy
Currency News is totally impartial and does not favour any organization, technology or region.
Quality, accuracy and editorial integrity are paramount and all information is fully checked before publication.
Currency News welcomes input from individual organizations, but only on the understanding that material is only considered for inclusion if it is without bias, accurate and relevant to the readership.
Currency News aims to support the development of currency by fostering communications and providing information. The editors acknowledge the importance of discretion and, in seeking to advance the interests of the community, does not publish articles which could be damaging to any organization or individual unless this information is already in the public domain or it is in the wider interests of the currency community to do so.
In furtherance of its independence, Currency News does not carry advertising.
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