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The Very Best in Design and Innovation in EMEA Recognised at 2024 Regional Banknote and ID Document Awards

The Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing (HSP) EMEA conference. This year’s event was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the awards presented at a special ceremony during the conference dinner on 5 March. The regional Banknote of the Year Award recognises outstanding achievement in …


CN Release Second Edition of Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One

‘Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, the second issue of our special report summarising the latest house notes, is now available to download and read.   Following the success of the first supplement issue in 2021, Currency News released the second version covering the newest concept notes over the intervening period.   The …


Recognising Outstanding Design and Innovation in Asia Banknotes and ID Documents

The prestigious Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing (HSP) Asia Conference. This year’s event was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with the awards presented at a special ceremony during the conference dinner on 5 December. The regional Banknote of the Year Award recognises outstanding …


Recognising Outstanding Design and Innovation in Latin American Banknotes and ID Documents

The prestigious Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing (HSP) Latin America conference. This year’s event was held in Nassau, the Bahamas, with the awards presented at a special ceremony in the beautiful gardens of the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, during the conference dinner on …


New Report Looks at the Art, Design and Security Behind Concept Notes

‘Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, is a new special report from Currency News, co-published by Reconnaissance, which summarises the latest house notes. House notes, concept notes, specimen notes… Whatever people call them, every year sees the issue of a range of such notes, produced by banknote printers and substrate and feature suppliers …