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Zim resurrects its dollar note
In an attempt to counter the shortage of cash in its system, Zimbabwe is issuing new banknotes next month.
There has been a drastic shortage...
Oklahoma gets extension to become REAL ID compliant
Oklahoma's Department of Public Safety announced it was getting another year to become REAL ID compliant.
Fox 25 reports that Oklahoma is one of only...
Slovenia to unveil IDs with biometric security features
Slovenia will be launching new ID cards with biometric security features in 2021.
Total Slovenia News reports that the biometric identity card needs to be...
The beginnings of Keesing Technologies
Keesing was founded in 1911 as a financial archive and grew into a publishing company with multiple magazines and booklets. More than a century...
Holistic security design
Design projects can be managed in many ways, however, the ones that have a pre-defined structured approach and are easier to comprehend, tend to...
Only 500 people own world’s rarest passport
Wish you were in possession of the world's most exclusive passport?
Countries like Japan and Singapore have some of the world's most powerful passports; boasting...
Polymer banknotes: An environmental disaster
Plastic banknotes are almost three times worse for the environment than their paper equivalents.
UK Credit Lender Moneyboat's research claims this is the case despite...
Instagram new black market for fake IDs
Recently, Instagram has emerged to be a shopping centre for a wide variety of fake goods.
According to the Global Industry Report these commodities can...
Holography for ID security
In the face of continued reports about fake identity documents and the ‘skills’ of counterfeiters to reproduce passports, driving licenses and other official papers...
LIVE BLOG: New Mexico now offers mobile ID app and more news…
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Optimizing Serialization: Part 5
This series about serial number optimization has covered letterpress, ink properties, font design, and position dependence. Two deficiencies of the position dependence concepts as...
Covestro unveils polymeric substrate for security printing
Covestro made the following announcement on November 29, 2024.
Covestro is excited to introduce CERTEVO, an innovative polymeric printing substrate. It is designed for advanced...
Argentina Releases a New 20,000-Pesos Banknote
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) put a new $20,000 banknote into circulation on November 13, 2024. Argentina’s ongoing high inflation rate...
Will Government Agencies Embrace the Zero Trust Framework?
Biometric Update recently reported that “Data is the new security perimeter. That notion is the foundation of a new document from the U.S. executive...
