Cash, payments and central bank digital currencies.
Follows the cash cycle and the wider payments landscape: cash usage and access, processing and logistics, digital payments and CBDC projects.
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Independent news and analysis for the people who make, protect and regulate currency, identity documents and products, alongside the conferences and data platforms our industries rely on.
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Banknotes, coins, cash and payments — the intelligence behind how currency is designed, produced, issued and protected.
Market overview →Follows the cash cycle and the wider payments landscape: cash usage and access, processing and logistics, digital payments and CBDC projects.
Covers the circulating-coin world: mints, blanks and alloys, new coin programmes and the economics of coin supply.
Monthly news and analysis for central banks, banknote printers and the suppliers of substrates and security features: new designs, issuance, tenders and the business of making money.
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ePassports, national ID cards and secure credentials — the intelligence behind how identity documents are designed, produced and protected.
Market overview →For governments and suppliers of identity documents: ePassport, national ID and driving licence programmes, border control and document security.
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Tax stamps, product authentication and traceability — the intelligence behind how governments protect excise revenue and consumers verify what is genuine.
Market overview →Tax stamp and track-and-trace programmes worldwide, excise fraud and illicit trade, and the authentication technologies brands use to protect products.
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Holograms, optically variable devices and other visual security features — the intelligence behind how brands and documents are protected from counterfeiting.
Market overview →New optical features and materials, their use on banknotes, documents and brands, and the companies that make them.
Most of our conferences serve several of our markets.
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