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This
section presents reports (newspaper articles, press releases, newsflashes)
on how polymer bank notes are being discussed in countries that are
currently using paper bank notes. These reports should provide an
additional indication of how polymer bank notes are viewed around the
world and which are the countries that could convert to polymer bank note
technology. You
can also check the home page for the new developments in
polymer notes (latest issues and expected issues sections).
Canada
Bank of Canada: Annual
Report 1998 / Currency (1998)
The
Currency section of the Bank of Canada 1998 Annual Report mentions polymer
bank notes.
Newspaper article: The
Bank of Canada (2002)
Newspaper article: Why
plastic money is gaining currency (2002)
Colombia
Newspaper article: Paper or plastic, what size,
please? (2005)
Newspaper article: 1,000
Peso bank note resizing (2005)
Denmark
Research paper: Counterfeit bank notes
(2004)
Egypt
Newspaper article: Egypt mint
considers a switch to plastic (2001)
European Union
Newspaper article: Euro
sans frontieres (2000)
Newspaper article:
ECB considering plastic notes (2002)
India
Newspaper article: RBI urged
to switchover from paper to plastic currency notes (2000)
Newspaper article: Money matters—life in
plastic, it's fantastic (2001)
Newspaper article: Plastic
Rs500 notes coming soon (2002)
Newspaper article: Govt to
mint plastic notes to check swindle (2002)
Press release: No plan to
introduce polymer/plastic notes: RBI (2002)
Newspaper article: Polymer notes
not now: RBI (2002)
Speech: Australia & India:
Doing business together (2003)
Newspaper article: RBI wants
polymer notes, FinMin doesn't (2003)
Newspaper article: The RBI's clean sweep (2003)
Newspaper
article: Govt plans to try out real plastic money (2007)
Newspaper article: Polymer experiment for currency (2007)
Kenya
Newspaper article: The burning of money
(2005)
Newspaper article: Currency printing tender:
the facts (2005)
Press release: Press
release (2005)
Pakistan
Newspaper article: Polymer bank
notes: A bailout for conventional fibrous currency (2003)
Turkey
Newspaper article: New
Turkish Lira (2005)
United Kingdom
Newspaper article: The plastic fiver ...
(2005)
Venezuela
Venezuelan Bolivar fuerte
bank notes could be plastic (2007)
USA
Newspaper articles:
Aussies aim to sell U.S. on plastic money (1997)
Newspaper article: Paying
with plastic (1998)
Newspaper article: Plastic tested for
currency (1998)
Newspaper article: Paper
or plastic for your money? (2003)
Newspaper article:
Paper or plastic?
(2005)
Newspaper article: A
durable idea (2005)
Newspaper article: Global
glimpse (2005)
Newspaper article:
Paying with plastic (2005)
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