Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A banknote is a negotiable promissory note which one party can use to pay another party a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Abenomics does not suffer rules gladly so the BoJ’s self-imposed ‘banknote rule’ must be getting pretty nervous ...

Since the introduction of plastic (polymer) banknotes in 2016, the number of counterfeit notes on the streets has increased, however, researchers have developed a novel technique called Polymer ...

Although an increasing number of countries are switching to sturdier, harder-to-copy polymer banknotes, the things still are being counterfeited. A new technology could help weed those fakes out, by ...

The US Federal Reserve has issued a new hi-tech $100 banknote comprising several new security features. It includes a blue 3D security ribbon and a bell and inkwell logo that authorities say are ...

A Scottish banknote that pays tribute to a medical pioneer has been named one of the world's most beautiful. Dr Flora Murray, whose image appears on the £100 Bank of Scotland note, founded the Women's ...

An old £5 banknote from 1892 is tipped to fetch £26,000 at auction in what experts have called a 'once-in-a-lifetime chance' for collectors. The rare note, printed in Birmingham 133 years ago and ...

Oman unveils its first polymer one-rial banknote, featuring advanced security and design that reflect the nation's cultural and economic achievements. The new note will enter circulation on January 11 ...

A £5 note dating back to 1863 is set to fetch up to £12k when it goes under the hammer at auction next week. For despite being 157 years old, the banknote is in such pristine condition that it is ...