Monthly Archives: August 2021
Rule Change Shortens Term of Some Red-Cover EU/UK Passports
United Kingdom citizens who hold red passports (issued before the U.K. left the European Union) are subject to a recent rule change that may...
Update 30-08-2021 : Philippines Issues Its First National ID Card
The Philippine Identification System Act (PhilSys) aims to establish the first single national identification system for all citizens and resident aliens of the Republic...
Ukraine Launches New 100- and 500-hryvnia Banknotes
On August 20, 2021, the National Bank of Ukraine put into circulation two commemorative banknotes in denominations of (UAH) 100 and 500 hryvnias, in...
The Netherlands Issues New-and-Improved ID Card
On 2 August 2021 the Netherlands began issuing a new ID card that meets the latest European standards for identity cards. New European regulations...
Honduras 200 Lempira Banknote to Launch in September
The Central Bank of Honduras has announced the release of a new HNL 200 (lempira) banknote to be issued in September 2021.
The 200-Lempira banknote...
New Role for Holograms in Asia Vaccination Card Programme
Counterfeiting remains a multi-billion-dollar global problem but the rise in fake COVID-19 documents is worrying as criminals take advantage of people who might be...
The Benefits of an MSP to the Banking Industry (Part 2)
In our previous article we outlined the tech-specific benefits a Managed Service Provider (MSP) provides to banks and other financial institutions. MSPs also provide...
What are the key features of a modern identity card ?
National identity documents have been around for more than a century. From a simple piece of paper with a glued photograph to a polycarbonate...
Royal Bank of Scotland Issues £50 Flora Stevenson Banknote
Today the Royal Bank of Scotland will release new £50 banknote featuring Flora Stevenson, a woman who helped children from poor backgrounds get an...
A COVID Vaccine Passport and New Travel Rules for Canadians
This fall, Canada will impose new COVID-19 travel restrictions on its citizens who work for, or travel on, federally-regulated transportation systems. At about the...
Advanced Generative AI: The Variational Autoencoder
In this series of articles, author Ravi Das examines some of the more advanced topics that support Generative AI. In this first article, he...
LIVE BLOG: Hawaii launches mobile driver’s license/ID card for Apple devices and more news…
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Kenya Releases an Updated Series of Banknotes
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has made some updates to all denominations of the Kenyan banknotes. All denominations are affected, including the 50...
A Sneak Peek at Indonesia’s New-and-Improved Passport
Indonesia plans to celebrate its 80th Independence Day next year by issuing a redesigned passport to its citizens. The Directorate General of the Ministry...
Optimizing Serialization: Part 4
The first three articles in this series reviewed contemporary security document serial number design strategies related to letterpress printing technology, security inks and font...