Monthly Archives: December 2024
The United States is Issuing a New-and-Improved Visa
The United States is now issuing a new-and-improved visa, nicknamed the U.S. Bridge visa due to the background image of the Golden Gate Bridge....
Mauritius Issues Upgraded 1,000 Rupees Banknote on Polymer
The Bank of Mauritius is introducing polymer banknotes in denominations of 100, 200, and 1,000 rupees. The first polymer version of these denominations, the...
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...
Modern Optical Features for ID Documents: Part 4
If you’re overwhelmed by the vast number and types of optical features available to add security to identity documents, you’re not alone. In this...
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...
TRUSTECH 2025 PARIS
2 - 4 December 2025 | France - Paris
TRUSTECH Paris is an international exhibition dedicated to payments and identification solutions. The 39th edition will...
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...
High Security Printing Asia
1 - 3 December 2025 | Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
High Security Printing (HSP) event focuses on government-specified and issued documents, including currency, fiduciary documents, excise stamps,...
New Global Trade Body Champions Optical Security Technologies
January 15, 2025: A new international trade body has been launched to represent and promote the wide range of authentication, anti-counterfeiting and automation optical...
Preview: Falkland Islands’ New Family of Banknotes
The Government of the Falkland Islands will release a new family of banknotes on August 14, 2025—Falklands Day. The new family of notes represents...
EES and ETIAS: the EU’s New Border Management Systems [UPDATE]
As we have previously reported, the European Union has long been planning to introduce two separate but integrated border management systems. Together, the systems...
The 25 Top-Ranked Passports as of January 2025
There are several ways to assess the value of a country’s passport. One measure is the number of countries a holder can access with...
LIVE BLOG: Nevada adds “Communication Need” symbol to driver’s license and more news…
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