A B2B buying guide for banknote and currency sorters: pocket classes from 2+1 to 12-pocket, RBI IS 18663:2024 and ECB Decision 2010/14 fitness parameters, sensor suites, speeds and compliance timelines.
From India's billion-piece ₹10/₹20 polymer trial to Oman's first windowed polymer rial and the ECB's latest counterfeit data: every 2026 banknote change quietly rewrites the job description of the machine on your counter.
Two central banks just rewrote the rules for physical cash: the Bank of Thailand extends 5-million-baht scrutiny to deposits and exchanges, and India's RBI mandates machine verification at border branches. Here is the equipment roadmap they imply.
Money20/20 USA 2026 is all about digital payments — which is exactly why cash-handling buyers should walk it with a plan. Dates, zones, ECB data and a meeting playbook.
