Finalists for IACA Excellence in Currency Awards (Technical) 2026

The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Excellence in Currency Awards, which are all technical and include four categories.

Best New Environmental Sustainability Project

• Bank Indonesia: Rupiah Waste to Worth Collaboration
• CCL Secure: Circular Banknote Waste Management Support Program – Latin America 
• SICPA: Implementation of a Product Sustainability Framework

Best Cash Cycle Resiliency Program/Project

• National Bank of Poland: A Living Cash Resilience Framework, NBP’s national strategy for cash circulation as a model for central banks 
• Banque de France: French National Cash Resilience Framework (FNCRF)
• South Africa Reserve Bank – OCARM Cash Cycle Resilience Program: From National Blackout Playbook to Sector Wide Exercising and Standing Crisis Governance 

Best New Limited Circulation/ Commemorative Banknote

• Central Bank of Sri Lanka: Rs 2,000 commemorative banknote commemorating the central bank’s 75th anniversary 
• National Bank of Tajikistan: 100 somoni banknote commemorating the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Tajikistan’s national currency
• Papua New Guinea: Commemorative 50 kina banknote honouring 50 years of independence and the national currency
  
  

  Best New Banknote Feature, Product or Process

• CashTrax™: Online counterfeit detection by Authentix
• GUARDIAN™ ENVIRO: A polymer banknote substrate from CCL Secure with reduced fossil inputs.
• GemVision™ Camera System: The industry’s first CDI2 fitness solution by Authentix® and Boulder Imaging IACA members are currently voting on the winner in each category.