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 federal cabinet has raised questions over Pakistan’s proposed new currency notes, particularly the use of polymer material, prompting ...

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 ...

The Bank of Jamaica has demonetized its old cotton banknotes, including the $5000, $1000, $500, $100, and $50 denominations. This action is a form of currency change, where the central bank removes ...

Cabinet members have raised questions over the use of polymer substrate banknotes and observed that further analysis was ...

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 ...

Federal cabinet members have raised concerns about the proposed use of polymer-substrate banknotes and called for further analysis of the possible ...

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 ...