To provide a banknotes processing apparatus preventing failure that an operator erroneously uses a paper band or the like by providing a paper band printing portion on a band device, and by color-printing on the paper band in the color corresponding to various information (note kind, total amount of money, and bank name, or the like) regarding the note kind discriminated by a banknote discrimination portion and each note kind.

The conveying direction of banknotes is arranged by changing the direction of the banknotes conveyed by a reversing portion 3, 45 according to a banknotes discrimination part discriminating the banknote B and a discrimination result of the banknote discrimination portion, and furthermore, the banknotes B for each note kind designated by the discrimination result of the banknotes discrimination portion are stacked in a first stacker 401 or a second stacker 402. A predetermined number of banknotes 412 which are stacked in these stackers are conveyed to a tape winding portion 410 in a batch. The conveyed banknotes 412 are banded by the tape winding portion 410 in a batch using the paper band 408 whereon attributes including the note kind of the banknotes are color-printed by a printer 409.