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Counterfeiting: A Canadian Perspective
Staff Working Paper 2004-33
John Chant
Counterfeiting is a significant public policy issue, because paper money, despite rumours of its demise, remains an important part of our payments system.
August 21, 2004
The Canadian Experience with Counterfeiting
Counterfeiting poses a significant public policy issue because of the important role that paper money plays in Canada's payments system. Yet the threat of counterfeiting in all economies has increased markedly in the past decade as a result of technological advances to photocopiers and computer printers. An appropriate public policy response is thus necessary to maintain the public's continued confidence in the national currency. To assess the threat from counterfeiting, including possible loss of confidence in the currency, estimating the stock of counterfeits circulating is necessary. In this article, Chant proposes a composite method of detecting counterfeits as an effective alternative to existing methods and offers estimates of the extent of counterfeiting Canadian currency for 2001. An Addendum to the article summarizes Chant's methods and updates the calculations to 2003.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Bank notes
August 13, 1997
The new bank note distribution system
In this article, the author outlines the recent changes made to the way Canada's bank notes are distributed. The new system allows financial institutions to exchange notes directly with one another at designated points across the country, rather than through Bank of Canada agencies, as was previously the case. The institutions communicate with the Bank of Canada through a computerized inventory-management system. Two Bank of Canada operations centres monitor note quality and supply new notes to the financial institutions. While the Bank continues to maintain firm control over the distribution of Canada's bank notes, the management of information rather than physical notes will improve efficiency and allow significant cost savings to the Bank of Canada and to the government.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Bank notes,
Financial institutions
The Electronic Purse: An Overview of Recent Developments and Policy Issues
Technical Report No. 74
Gerald Stuber
Futurists have been speculating about the prospects for a cashless society for many years, and such predictions became more frequent following the introduction of "smart" cards - cards containing a computer chip - in the mid-1970s.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Digital currencies and fintech,
Financial institutions,
Payment clearing and settlement systems,
Recent economic and financial developments
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E41,
G,
G2,
G20
November 7, 1994
The use of Canadian bank notes
This article delves into the microeconomics of note circulation, reviewing main factors affecting the demand for bank notes over the last 50 years, including new technology such as automated banking machines. It also discusses trends in the average value of notes in circulation and in the demand for notes of different denominations.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Bank notes