Monthly Archives: December 2023
The Kingdom of Tonga Issues a New Banknote Series
The National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) launched Tonga’s latest series of banknotes on December 4, 2023, commemorating the birthday of the Kingdom’s King...
Morocco Issues a Redesigned 100-Dirham Banknote
The Central Bank of Morocco (Bank Al-Maghrib) has issued a redesigned version of its 100-Dirham banknote, ushering in a new family of banknotes. The new...
UK Government To Roll Out eVisas Throughout 2024
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a digital immigration system by replacing physical documents with the eVisa, which is an online record of...
Austria is Now Issuing a New Generation Passport
Beginning December 1, 2023, Austria began accepting applications for its new-and-improved passport. The Austrian government worked with experts from the Ministry of the Interior,...
Border Management and Identity Conference
11 - 13 December 2024 | Thailand - Bangkok
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) host the...
The UAE Introduces a New 500-Dirham Polymer Banknote
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced the issuance of a new AED 500 (500-Dirham) banknote made of polymer. The announcement came...
Biometric Technologies of the Future: Earlobe Recognition
Expert author Ravi Das has, in previous articles, described DNA recognition and Gait recognition as physical biometric technologies of the future. Here, he presents...
TRUSTECH 2024 PARIS
3 - 5 December 2024 | France - Paris
TRUSTECH Paris is an international exhibition dedicated to payments and identification solutions. The 38th edition will...
High Security Printing Asia
2 - 4 December 2024 | Thailand - Bangkok
High Security Printing (HSP) event focuses on government-specified and issued documents, including currency, fiduciary documents, excise...
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...
Bosnia & Herzegovina Banknotes to be Removed from Circulation
All Bosnia and Herzegovina banknotes dated before 2012 will cease to be legal tender effective January 1, 2025. After this date, the banknotes can...
