Monthly Archives: February 2016
Security by Design: Colour & Split Fountains
Joel Zlotnick, Jordan Brough and Troy Eberhardt
Line art, microprinting, guilloche patterns, security halftones, transparent register and other features based on printed artwork are common...
DICE – the banknote of the future
Since time immemorial, cash has determined our social and economic life, with all its related risks and problems, such as enabling crime. Apart from...
The march of the mobile
The financial services industry is increasingly showing an interest in biometrics.
Apple Pay and iTouch have taken biometrics to the mass market, followed by leading...
A giant leap forward
Nathalie Creste and Claudia Schwendimann
In 2015, based on an amended legal basis, the laissez-passer issued by the European Union made a giant leap, from...
Intelligent use of CCTV
According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 seven out of every ten people will live in a city - an urban population of...
DNB’s authentication app for euro notes
Today, over 80% of Dutch people own a smartphone. A recent study indicates that people use
their phones more than 200 times a day for...
Multibiometrics
Today’s dramatic advances in biometric technologies open the way to unprecedented opportunities in the field of border control. On-the-fly, non-intrusive systems enable fast, yet...
20 years of commercial holography
Ian Lancaster, general secretary of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, is stepping down after more than 20 years of service. Ian gives his insight...
UN Event: Global Support for Digital Public Infrastructure
As part of the SDG Action Weekend led by the United Nations, countries, leaders, philanthropies, and multilateral organizations pledged their support to build a...
Physical & Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Part 16
In a previous article, Ravi Das introduced keystroke recognition technology, including how it works and what it measures. Here he outlines the strengths and...
Final Days for Paper Banknotes in Northern Ireland, Scotland
The Association of Commercial Banknote Issuers, on behalf of Bank of Ireland UK and Ulster Bank, has announced that all Northern Ireland paper £50...
Physical & Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Part 15
The last two articles in this extensive series addressed signature recognition technology. Now, expert author Ravi Das moves on to introduce the topic of...
LIVE BLOG: Alaska Airlines digital app allows passengers to verify their U.S. passport before...
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