luke forau : launch of the new $ 5 polymer banknote speech by mr luke forau, deputy governor of the central bank of solomon islands, at the launch of the new $ 5 polymer banknote, honiara, 2 may 2019. * * * salutation permanent secretary ( ag ), ministry of finance and treasury, representatives from the ministry of commerce, industries, labor and immigration representatives from the ministry of fisheries and marine resources. cbsi board of directors ceos and country managers from the banking industry. our business partners from note printing australia and ccl – npa ’ s ceo mr. malcolm mcdowell and mr nuwan kalpage, and from polyteq, mr. brian lang. representatives from the media distinguished guests ladies and gentlemen, a very good morning and warm welcome to you all! it ’ s an honour to have you here with us this morning, to witness the launch of the country ’ s new polymer $ 5 banknote. as you may have already probably aware, the new polymer $ 5 note was unveiled recently at the international currency conference in dubai, united arab emirates. it was a fitting occasion given the presence of important global players in the cash cycle – from the note printers, ink suppliers, manufacturers of security features, suppliers of printing machines, suppliers of polymer substrates to the note issuing authorities that included the central banks and treasuries. but, at the currency conference, what seemed to be a topical issue was the general trend to move towards a cashless society, or rather a less cash society. discussions have been centred on the advent of modern technology which have facilitated seamless transfer of value between senders and receivers that seems to have now overtaken cash as a payment instrument. importantly, the rise of modern payment platforms such as the use of blockchain technology and cryptcurrency are topical discussions in the payment industry nowadays. these new payment solutions promise efficient, secure, and robust payments transactions. indeed, the payment landscape is changing. time of change while these modern payment platform changes are inevitably increasing for the advanced payment ecosystems, the payment landscape in solomon islands is predominantly evolves around cash as the major payment instrument. cash is still the main payment instrument for low value transactions throughout solomon islands and i believe will remain so for a considerable time into the future. 1 / 3 bis central bankers'speeches in honiara, where we have efpos terminals at checkout counters, people still run to the atms to withdraw cash before

denton rarawa : 2016 solomon islands money day theme “ take part. save smart! ” speech by mr denton rarawa, governor of the central bank of solomon islands, at the opening of the solomon islands money day program, honiara, 27 june 2016. * * * permanent secretary of ministry of education and human resources development, commercial banks ceos, primary schools represented here this morning, representatives of government ministries, state owned enterprises, members of national financial inclusion taskforce, ladies and gentlemen. a good morning to all of you. you all look so colourful. thank you for waking up early and also for taking part in the parade from honiara town council to this venue. today we are gathered celebrate two events. first is the 40th anniversary of central banking in solomon islands. cbsi turned 40 on 21st june 2016, after the solomon islands monetary authority began its operation as a legal entity in 1976. solomon islands monetary authority changed name in 1983 to the central bank of solomon islands as we know it today. the second and an important reason why we gather here is to participate in our national financial inclusion public education drive, which is normally celebrated on cbsi anniversary day. we now decided to call this event the solomon islands money day. we hope that solomon islands money day will continue to be organized each year to promote the financial education to the general public each year. this year ’ s solomon islands money day theme “ take part. save smart! ” this theme is adopted from this year ’ s global money week ; which we were not able to hold during the first quarter of this year. we are very excited about this theme because it carries the message that it is time that we empower our children and youths by encouraging them to take part and save their financial resources smartly. for the central bank and the national financial inclusion taskforce, this is the first ever program that is focused on financial education for our children and youth, and it is one of our national financial inclusion goals. as a matter of fact, solomon islands has commitments both regionally and internationally to facilitate financial education in collaboration with the government to integrate financial education in our school curriculum. regionally we have the 2020 money pacific goals and internationally the alliance for financial inclusion maya declaration where central bank of solomon islands is committed to champion financial education through close collaboration with the government to integrate financial education in the existing solomon islands national school curriculum from class 1 to form 3 by year 2013. work to integrate financial education in our school