Bringing It All Together Pulling these thoughts together, the prospect that the decline in the use of banknotes is likely to be gradual, particularly in this region of the world, is good news for the high security printing industry, of course, at least as far as printing banknotes is concerned.
It suggests that the demand of central banks in recent years for banknotes to be printed on more durable substrates and with more sophisticated security features is likely to continue. This good news, however, is not without qualification. It would be unrealistic to believe that central banks will keep paying increasingly higher unit prices for banknotes.