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Currency News – highlights from the September 2014 issue

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In the News

NEWS

• De La Rue is Bank of England Preferred Bidder
• Innovia Focuses on Lifecycle Solutions
• Comment: Currency and the Public
• Nanotech to Acquire Fortress Optical Features
• Royal Mint on Cost Reduction
• News in Brief
• India Counterfeits Fall
• Australian Counterfeits Double
• On the Record: Ian Bennett, Royal Canadian Mint
• Case Study: Israel’s Cash Handling Policy in Practice
• Industry Watch: Markets Robust in Troubled World
• New Kinegrams for Windows
• Young Americans Hate Cash – or Do They?
• Outline Plans for ICCOS Americas
• Banknote of the Month: the Ryder Cup £5 Note – Two Holes in One
• Note and Coin News
• Ecuador to Create Own Digital Currency

 

 

Currency News – highlights from the August 2014 issue

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In the News

NEWS

• Euro Countdown as Lithuania Gets the Green Light
• New Industry Association for ATM Security
• Comment: Crystal Ball, or Burying Our Heads in the Sand?
• Royal Mint Bounces Back
• SICPA Reinforces Leadership
• News in Brief
• Euro Counterfeits Drop
• People in the News
• The Future of Cash in Africa
• Case Study: Canada’s New Polymer Currency
• The Case for Cash – Part One: Myths
• The Pros and Cons of Dropping Banknotes
• RollingStar Taps into Human Emotions
• Note and Coin News
• Breakthrough Micro-Lens Technology
• New Machine Read Kinegrams
• Banknote of the Month: Security and Elegance for New Kuwait Series
• The Future of Cash
• African Banknote 2014
• Glory Engagement with the Cash Cycle
• Santiago Cements High Security Printing
• 10 Good Reasons to Attend the 3^rd IBDC
• 3^rd Coin Conference

 

Currency News – highlights from the July 2014 issue

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In the News

 NEWS

• New €10 Leaves Nothing to Chance
• Peru Wins Regional Banknote Award
• Europe Introduces New Law to Protect the Euro from Counterfeiting
• Korea Looks Overseas for Growth
• New App for World Cup
• People in the News
• Company and Market Round-Up
• Case Study: a Coin Fit for a Prince
• BEP Currency Reader for the Blind
• Payment News: Cash Down, Down Under
• SICPA Launches SPARK Live
• New Corvina Software Series from Jura
• Crane Adds Rapid to Motion
• Gleitsmann Launches uv guard^gsi Varnish
• Aeris – Thinking Outside the Box
• Self Service Coin Redemption from Cummins Allison
• Note and Coin News
• Banknote of the Month: Thailand’s new 500 Baht
• China Overtakes US as World’s Largest ATM Market
• ICCOS Asia Heads to Bali
• Shining the Future at MDC
• Conference Diary
• Russia’s Goznak to Become a Joint-Stock Company

 

Currency News – highlights from the June 2014 issue

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In the News

 NEWS

• KBA-NotaSys and PARVIS Team up for Better Systems Integration
• A Colourful New World for Coins
• Comment: Catch 22 – the Dilemma Facing Substrate Suppliers
• Sale of Australian Mint on the Cards
• Fall in Counterfeit Pounds
• Israel Debates Policy to Reduce Usage of Cash
• Orell Fussli Takes Action for a Better 2014
• Spectra Systems Improves Performance
• Company and Market Round-Up
• On the Record: Alberto Torfer – Bank of Mexico Printing Works
• Industry Watch: Markets Relatively Stable, Despite Unrest in Ukraine
• Banque de France’s New Approach to Durability
• Payment News: Bitcoin – Rebooting the Past
• Banknote of the Month: the New Polish Zloty Series
• Note and Coin News
• Innovation Takes Centre Stage at ESTA
• African Banknote – All Sponsorships Filled
• Security and Durability Prevail at MAP
• No Surprises as De La Rue Reports Results

 

Currency News – highlights from the May 2014 issue

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In the News

 NEWS

•  FNMT Invests €27m in Paper Production
• New Coins with Unique Electro Magnetic Signatures
• Comment: Preventing Perfect Counterfeits
• Swiss Give Go-Ahead for New Series
• Royal Joh Enschedé Marks 200 Years of Banknote History
• Currency Union for EEU on Cards
• New Owners for Innovia
• Record Year for Royal Canadian Mint
• New Owners for Slovenian Papermaker
• Brighter Year Ahead for G&D
• People in The News
• Kusters Offers Service Solutions
• KBA-NotaSys and Jura Sign Software Agreement
• Emerging Markets Hit Wincor Sales
• On the Record: Mark Stevenson, IBDA
• European Coin Developments – Multi-Clad to Flip-Flop and Beyond
• PlateCoat – a Breakthrough in Intaglio Plating
• ECB Leads the Way with Common Detector Interface
• Note and Coin News
• The 1st Directory of Circulating Coins
• IACA Technical Excellence in Currency Awards
• Colour and Movement with RollingStar
• The Protecta – Saving Space, Time and Waste
• Banknotes and Blossom as Industry Converges on DC
• Focus on Innovation at ESTA
• Royal Mint to Open Doors to Public

 

Currency News – highlights from the April 2014 issue

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In the News

 NEWS

• RBA Reports on Next Generation Banknotes
• Counterfeiting Prompts New £1 Coin
• New Company Sets up to Supply Coin Blanks
• Scottish Independence – the End of a Banknote Era?
• BPS X9 Wins Prestigious Design Award
• Company and Market Round-Up
• New Mexican 50 Peso Leads to Sharp Drop in Counterfeits
• On the Record: Gary Spinks, Security Papers
• The Benefits of Punching Banknotes
• Viewpoint: Planning Note Designs for Automated Payment Systems
• Celebrating 20 Years of Currency in Kazakhstan
• COLR Technology – a Magneto- Dynamic Optically Variable Feature
• Successful Pilot for CoinTune
• Santiago Gets Ready for 3^rd HSP
• Currency Research in 2014
• Note and Coin News
• Banknote of the Month – New Pacific Franc Balances Three Identities in One
• People in the News
• Loomis to Expand into International Services

 

Currency News – highlights from the March 2014 issue

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In the News

 NEWS

•  First Companies Pass the BnEI Accrediation
• Surprise as De La Rue CEO Resigns
• Central Bank Blow for Spectra Systems
• Latest Annual Results Show Tough Going for Some
• Euro Coin Counterfeits Fall in 2013
• Good Start for Features in New $100
• Jura Develops New Authentication App
• Finger Vein Reader Deployed in Polish VTMs
• New Flavour of Security for Coins
• Catching the Eye with Kinetic StarChrome
• Toppan’s Zero Registration Tolerance Demetallisation
• Milan Maintains Focus as a Regional Event for Document Security
• Focus on Security at WMF Technical Forum
• Dates Announced for 2nd MAP in Beirut
• Company and Market Round-Up
• People in the News

 

PLUS

• Comment: Mobile Phones – the Opportunities for Cash
• On the Record: Eligio Ballabio, Fabriano
• Industry Watch: Markets Continue to Gain, but Ukraine Situation Poses a Threat
• Banknote of the Month: Bank of Morocco Issues World`s First RollingStar® Security Thread

 

Currency News – highlights from the February 2014 issue

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In the News

NEWS

•  95% of ATMs Need to Upgrade by April
• Award for Royal Mint’s iSIS
• A Positive Outlook for Cash Management Companies, Less So for Some Banknote Suppliers
• De La Rue’s 200th Birthday Year
• Printegration – Giesecke & Devrient’s Model for Banknote Creation
• Full Program for Banknote 2014
• Wincor World – Solutions for Anytime, Anywhere
• Optical Document Security Sets New Records
• ICCOS: the Cash Cycle Seminar in 2014
• ABC – African Banknote Conference
• US Payment Trends… and Cash as the ‘Final Threshold’
• Note and Coin News
• Finalists for Technical Excellence in Currency Awards
• Re-Engineering Currency Circulation
• Company and Market Round-Up
• People in the News

 

PLUS

• On the Record: Jarl Dahlfors, Loomis
• Technology Review: PHONEy Offers Smart Solution to Banknote Authentication
• Banknote of the Month: Russia Marks Sochi with Winter Olympics Banknote

 

Currency News – highlights from the January 2014 issue

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In the News

NEWS

• BoA Deal Puts Garda in Pole Position in the US
• Midnight Launch of the Euro in Latvia
• Bank of England Confirms Move to Polymer
• A New Chapter for 310 Year Old Enschedé
• Euro Counterfeits Rise Sharply in 2013 – But Levels Low Compared with Notes in Circulation
• New Europa 10 Unveiled
• HSP Europe Held in the Home of the Watermark
• Sales and Acquisitions in Cash Handling
• Company and Market Round-Up
• People in the News

 

PLUS

• Special Report: Federal Reserve Publishes Analysis of Replacing $1 Note with Coin
• On the Record: Francois Groepe, South African Reserve Bank
• Special Feature: the Year Ahead – the Feel-Good Factor Returns
• Case Study: Engaging the Public – One Coin at a Time

 

Authentication News - February 2014 highlights

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• Regula Introduces Hologram Examiner
• Atlantic Zeiser Enters Track and Trace Field
• Editorial: When is a Counterfeit a Supply Chain Problem?
• Company and Technology Round-Up
• Latest Developments in Smartphone Authentication for Banknotes
• UK’s Guidance to Suppliers of Security Printing Equipment and Materials
• Fuji Forge Guard: Full Colour Covert Label Designs
• Schreiner Launches Volume Hologram Label
• Dai Nippon Expands with Truepress
• Vandagraf: Brand Owners Spend Only 1% of Financial Losses
• Optical Document Security Conference Sets New Records
• 10 Years Ago

 

Authentication News - January 2014 highlights

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• Global Fund Aims for Strategic Safe Meds Role
• New Owners for World’s Oldest Security Printer
• Editorial: Uncovering the Iceberg
• Company and Technology Round-Up
• Next Generation ID Documents and their Security Features
• UK Spirits Verification Scheme comes into Force
• Will Canada Take the Lead in Printable Electronics?
• Apple’s 3D Data Code Patent Application
• laserLock: Security Pigments Inventor and Provider
• New Security Logistics Seals from Schreiner
• Scratch-Off Authentication Just for Consumer
• Intergraf’s Security Printers’ Conference
• Conference Diary 11 10 Years Ago
• African Banknote Printers Conference 2014

 

Authentication News - December 2013 highlights

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• Russia to Introduce Legislation Criminalising Counterfeit Medicine
• Veracity Launches Secure Pharma Chain Division with Integrated Solution for Pharma
• EU Tobacco Directive One Step Closer Pernod Ricard Turns to QR Codes to Fight
• Fakers
• Sun Chemical Launches SunNote Range of
• Security Inks
• New High Speed Laser Compatible Foil from
• OpSec
• South Dakota Sets up Anti-Counterfeiting
• Center
• Analysis of 2013 Security Patents Published ITW Covid Produces KolourOptik for Nanotech

 

Authentication News - October/November 2013 highlights

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• SaveMed Project for Security Marking Pharmaceuticals
• WCO Launches IPM Connected with Authentication Supplies
• US Enacts Pharma Track & Trace Act
• US FDA mandates Medical Device Marking More Techniques to Detect Food and Drink Fraud
• NASPO’S Security Manager Training Returns in 2014
• EU’s Food Fraud Legislation as MSU Offers Specialist Courses
• Tru b’s Polycarbonate Card Security Features Almost Half of Brits Buy Fakes
• The NANO 4 U Patents Pharma Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies Market to Reach $3.73bn by 2024
• Security Technologies Scoop Innovation Awards for Holography and Coins
• SICPA Acquires Olivetti I-Jet R&D Holostik Expands
• Essentra Exits Security Laminates Andrews & Wykeham/Pragmatic Printing Production

Authentication News – August / September 2013 highlights

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• Parliament’s Amendments Strengthen EU Tobacco Directive
• Nanotech Raises $4m to Acquire its IP and Launches First Product
• Editorial: Track and Trace or Traceability?
• Company and Technology Round-Up
• ISO Standard for Track and Trace Says Yes to Interoperable Systems and GSI Integration
• DuPont Launches Traceology T&T System
• Prolmage Expands with New Brand Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Division
• SPARK Lights up ID Security
• More Choice with SPARK Orbital
• From Medieval Stained Glass to Windows in Banknotes
• TruTag Technologies Growing to Meet Customer Demands
• New Antenna Technology Offers Flexibility in Document Design
• Customs Counterfeit Seizures 2012
• Dubai Provides Crossroads for 5th Tax Stamp Forum
• IP Protect Expo 2014
• Optical Document Security Conference
• 10 Years Ago
• Conference Diary
• Spectra Systems to Buy InkSure Technologies

 

Authentication News – June 2013 highlights

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• Hologram Industries First-Half Sales
• Rise as Company Announces Buyback Plan
• US Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement
• Editorial: Authentication Device Function Still Not Understood
• New SUSIFlipTM – Ultra High Registration
• Print Feature from KBA-NotaSys
• The Tax Stamp Forum – How to Increase Revenue and Combat Fraud
• New Heights for Security Document World
• Asian High Security Printing
• Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights
• AlphaFox Seeks Partners for Crystal Chip Development

 

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