On November 2021, CI Tech confirmed with its CI Note Line “C” Sensor Version the Bank of England’s Gold Standard certification with the latest test deck (06-GB-07) for the second time after 2019. CI Tech is one of the few manufacturers in its segment achieving with the Gold Standard the highest of the three certification levels.

It was a special New Year's Eve when the new euro banknotes and coins entered circulation 20 years ago, on 1 January 2002. Everywhere in the euro zone, which at the time comprised twelve member states, 300 million Europeans held a completely new currency in their hands.

Back in January 2021 the Transport for London (TfL) authority has abandoned its initial plans to make the London Underground completely cash-free and the Swiss railway company BLS AG completed in September 2021 tests with cashless TVMs showing that many customers still would like to pay cash. What are the reasons and challenges behind these findings?