摘要：Developments in Norges Bank's cash handling services for banks in the 1980s and 1990s led to a need for aclearer distinction between central bank responsibilities and commercial services for banks. As a result,Norsk Kontantservice AS (NOKAS) was established in 2001. This raised the important question of whetherthe destruction of banknotes could be delegated to an external company, which Norges Bank decided to do.To our knowledge, no other central bank has outsourced this task to the same degree. This article presentsthe considerations taken into account, the system established to make adequate provision for security, andexperience so far
