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Moneycontrol.com
Banknotes printed with best quality, security practices, says RBI ...
Moneycontrol.com
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday clarified that its bank notes are printed with best global practices, high-security features and stringent quality control.
RBI defends quality of notesThe Telegraph

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The Australian Financial Review
AUSTRAC case casts shadow over $50, $100 banknotes
The Australian Financial Review
The Commonwealth Bank scandal has raised questions about the future of high denomination banknotes in Australia, with suggestions that getting rid of them could make it harder for criminal organisations to launder money. In a report titled 53,700 AML ...

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NEWS.com.au
New $10 bill to be introduced into circulation on September 20
NEWS.com.au
To ensure that the new banknotes can be used in day-to-day transactions across the country — including depositing machines — the Reserve Bank has been working with cash handlers, businesses and machine manufacturers in the lead up to the launch.

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Irish Examiner
UK to keep animal fat bank notes
Irish Examiner
More than 130,000 people signed the online petition last year calling on the Bank of England to stop using animal products in bank notes, after it emerged that small amounts of tallow — which comes from cows and sheep — were used in its first plastic ...
UK Will Use Beef Fat In New Bank Notes Despite Protests By Hindus And VegetariansIndiatimes.com
Polymer banknotes will carry on being made with traces of animal productsMortgage Finance Gazette Online
Vegans Angered as Bank of England to Keep Animal Fat in BanknotesBreitbart News
TRT World -Free Malaysia Today -City AM
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Yahoo News UK
Animal products will still be used for banknotes, BoE decides
Yahoo News UK
The Bank of England has decided to carry on using chemicals derived from animal products to make its new plastic banknotes despite an outcry. An extensive consultation saw the vast majority of those who responded say they were against the use of the ...

New York Times
Britain's New Bank Notes: Secure. Durable. Not for Vegetarians.
New York Times
LONDON — Britain's new bank notes are harder to forge than their predecessors. They are also more durable, able to survive a washing machine cycle. They can even be dipped in curry with no adverse effects. None of that is much consolation to ...
Bank of England decides to keep using animal products for banknotesCNBC
Bank of England to keep animal fat in banknotes despite complaintsThe Guardian
BoE to keep animal products in banknotesFinancial Times
The Independent -BNN -BBC News -City AM
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Treehugger
British banknotes stick to the animal tallow
Treehugger
The decision will frustrate many vegans, but perhaps it's time to question what really defines 'success' in the animal protection world. A kerfuffle arose late last year when the Bank of England launched new polymer bank notes that were discovered to ...

African Manager (press release) (registration) (blog)
Tunisia: new historic record of banknotes and coins in circulation
African Manager (press release) (registration) (blog)
The sharp increase in banknotes and coins in circulation is continuing. Their volume reached a new historic record at the end of last week exceeding 11.22 billion dinars. This growth in the level of banknotes and coins in circulation reflects a change ...

CNBC
Bank of England decides to keep using animal products for banknotes
CNBC
The Bank of England (BOE) has decided to keep using polymer, an ingredient containing beef for its banknotes. The bank faced a backlash over the introduction of the initial £5 polymer note in November. Polymer will be used in the printing of the new ...
Bank of England to keep animal fat in banknotes despite complaintsThe Guardian
BoE to keep animal products in banknotesFinancial Times
Bank of England to keep using animal products in bank notesBNN
The Independent -BBC News -City AM
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Bank of England says will not change animal-fat banknotes
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday it would not change the way its new plastic banknotes are made, despite concerns among some vegetarians and religious groups about trace amounts of animal fat used in their production.

Eagle Radio
Animal products will still be used for banknotes, BoE decides
Eagle Radio
The Bank of England has decided to carry on using chemicals derived from animal products to make its new plastic banknotes despite an outcry. An extensive consultation saw 88% of those who responded say they were against the use of the additives.

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Financial Times
BoE to keep animal products in banknotes
Financial Times
The Bank of England has announced it will continue to use polymer banknotes containing products derived from animal fat, in a move that is likely to outrage animal rights activists who had hoped they would be made vegan-friendly. Thousands of people ...
Britain's New Bank Notes: Secure. Durable. Not for Vegetarians.New York Times
Bank of England decides to keep using animal products for banknotesCNBC
Bank of England to keep animal fat in banknotes despite complaintsThe Guardian
The Straits Times -BBC News -The Independent -City AM
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Solomon Star
Be aware of fake banknotes - Solomon Star News
Solomon Star
There is a notable increase of fake or counterfeit banknotes currently circulating within the country. The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has warned on ...

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Solomon Star
Be aware of fake banknotes
Solomon Star
When dealing with higher denomination banknotes, particularly the $100 banknote, the public must always practice the habit of checking for any banknote security features before accepting. CBSI advises in particular the late night vendors, all ...

The Times
India scrapping banknotes hurts G4S
The Times
Demonetisation in India is not just hurting the counterfeiters, money launderers and the cash-in-hand economy. G4S said the mass withdrawal of high denomination banknotes announced in November by the Indian government and the subsequent hit to the ...

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The Advertiser
Man arrested with fake Australian banknotes in Murray Bridge ...
The Advertiser
A COLLECTION of fake Australian banknotes have been discovered during an arrest at Murray Bridge. The clearly counterfeit notes — in denominations of $20, ...
Fake Australian banknotes with Chinese characters seized in ... - ABCABC Online

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ABC Online
Fake Australian banknotes with Chinese characters seized in ... - ABC
ABC Online
Fake Australian banknotes with Chinese characters across the currency's clear window have been found on a man detained for acting suspiciously in the South ...
Man arrested with fake Australian banknotes in Murray Bridge ...The Advertiser

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Daily Mail
Banknotes worth 2p, medicines rationed and peaceful protesters crushed by force: JOHN R BRADLEY outlines ...
Daily Mail
A carrier bag of banknotes is worth less than the rolls of toilet paper Venezuelans must queue for hours to buy – and then be fingerprinted to stop them from making multiple purchases. Water and electricity supplies as well as medicines are regularly ...

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Yorkshire Post
CCTV appeal to trace forged banknotes suspect
Yorkshire Post
POLICE in Hull have released a CCTV image of a man suspected of using forged banknotes. He is wanted on suspicion of paying for goods in the Holderness Road area of Hull with forged notes. A Humberside Police spokesman said: "If you can identify this ...

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The Korea Herald
W50,000 bills account for 80% of cash
The Korea Herald
About 61.8 percent of 50,000 won banknotes returned to the central bank during the first half of 2017, the highest in five years. Some 12.3 trillion won was issued in 50,000 won notes, while 7.4 trillion won was retrieved by the Bank of Korea in the ...
Volume of 50000-won bills in circulation exceeds 80 tln wonYonhap News

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