The Bank of England's Executive Director for Banking Services, Chris Salmon: "The environmental impact of a polymer bank note is actually less than paper bank notes" Plastic banknotes that can survive ...

Plastic bank notes are going into circulation in Britain for the first time. The Clydesdale Bank will issue two million of the polymer £5 notes, which it says are more secure and durable than paper ...

A campaign to stop the Bank of England from using animal fat to make its plastic banknotes has failed. The central bank announced Thursday that it will continue using trace amounts of tallow, which is ...

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - British banknotes will get a tough new makeover from 2016 when plastic replaces the traditional paper, enabling them to survive accidental spins in the washing machine, the ...

LONDON — The Bank of England (BoE) introduced its first plastic banknotes on Tuesday, with a new five pound entering circulation in England and Wales featuring World War Two leader Winston Churchill.

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has unveiled the designs for its new polymer or plastic banknotes featuring ...