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The new Swiss Banknotes

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In April 2016, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) launched its 9th banknote series with the new CHF 50 denomination. As more than 20 years have passed...

Cashless versus cash

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Cashless transactions are on the rise – let there be no doubt about that. Is this increase in electronic transactions a sign that we...

Product design specifications

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The creation of a new identity document always involves many stakeholders, each with high expectations. Designing a new ID document is very much about...

Recent impact in Optical Machine Authentication

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In 2013 and 2014 we published two articles in this Journal on current aspects in machine authentication of security documents. Since then, the results...

Law enforcement goes mobile

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Law enforcement agencies are increasingly finding that the current generation of smartphones and other mobile devices can have important benefits for operational work. Retaining...

Multiple citizenship

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The number of persons holding more than one passport has grown considerably in the last ten years – a trend that is likely to...

Big data and migration policy

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It is often argued that we lack data on international migration. Although there are large gaps in countries’ knowledge about migration, it is also...

Additive manufacturing

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Printing has traditionally been a key technology in the production of secure documents, but it continues to produce new innovations, such as additive manufacturing....

Identities in the blockchain

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Identities are important in a blockchain environment. As the blockchain concept in itself does not provide for an identity solution, an interesting challenge lies...