The much anticipated change of the $20 Federal Reserve note portrait to Harriet Tubman is still on schedule for 2030, according to an internal department memo from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

New notes, smaller sized and with fewer zeroes in the denominations but otherwise bearing the same design features, were issued in July in Sierra Leone, ranked among the world's poorest nations.

Planned release of Russia's new 100-ruble bank note has hit a snag because Russia's ATMs need a software update to process them, and the non-Russian software providers refuse to provide service.

North Korea's Central has issued its largest denomination with a 50,000-won voucher that could signal the end of the practice of using foreign currency in business transactions.

Crane Currency has taken a step to elevate the game of note security with the arrival of Motion Surface, which can be used on any type of substrate and provide visible security aspects.

Oman, Malawi and Poland respectively won Best New Series, Best New Banknote and Best New Commemorative at the High Security Printing EMEA trade event for notes of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Rising inflation has led officials with the Central Bank of Sudan to issue the largest denomination in the nation's bank note series with a 1,000-pound note going into circulation.

A commemorative 100-taka bank note has been issued in Bangladesh to celebrate the long-awaited opening of a road and rail bridge to connect the nation's capital with other regions.

Announcement of new designs for bank notes in Argentina brought immediate protest and a lawsuit, filed on behalf of persons with vision disabilities who foresee problems with the new notes.

Heritage expects Asian note popularity to further raise already high bids for a 1949 People’s Bank of China 100-yuan note and a 1921 Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. $50 specimen note.