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Nigeria: large numbers of fake polymer banknotes Officials of the CBN said they already had reports about the fake notes and are still working out how to combat this. read more ...

Iranian president hopes to denominate currency "Denomination in Iran will begin after the subsidies project," the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. "The zeros will be removed from banknotes." Earlier, the Iranian government instructed the Central Bank to study re-denominating the currency and cutting three zeros from banknotes. read more...

Annual information on euro banknote counterfeiting In the year 2009 a total of 860,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation. Compared to the year 2008, when a total of 666,000 counterfeits were withdrawn, it's nearly 30% increase in number of counterfeits. In the year 2009 the €20 banknote was the most counterfeited denomination (47% of all counterfeits), followed by the €50 banknote (39% of all counterfeits) and €100 (11% of all counterfeits). These 3 denominations together accounted for 97% of all EURO counterfeits. read more...

Estonia set the goal of reaching the €-day on 1.January.2011 Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi said, Estonia will meet all the criteria for transferring to the euro. “We met the inflation criterion in November. We believe that Government’s decisions and efficient collection of revenues in 2009 will allow us to meet the budget criterion with a small safety margin. We will continue to improve our budgetary position in following years”. read more...

ECB decides to start construction works for its new premises in spring 2010 Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB, said “ we are delighted that our chosen tendering strategy has been successful and that our expectations have been met. The new premises will contribute to the development of Frankfurt’s Ostend while respecting the existing Grossmarkthalle. We are looking forward to moving in 2014.” read more...

Brazil unveils new banknotes On February 3, 2010, the Central Bank of Brazil announced a new series of the real banknotes. The R$50 and R$100 banknotes should start circulate from April 2010 and the others will be gradually implemented till 2012, coexisting with the older ones. The new design will add security enhancements to avoid counterfeiting and different sizes according to their values to help vision-impaired people. read more...

New Passports for Croatians Starting with January 18th, all police stations in Croatia started issuing biometric passports. These new passports have a changed visual identity and contain an RFID chip with a personal data carrier, digitalized facial image and indexes of two finger prints. read more...

Johannesburg: 5,000 fake passports seized South African authorities have confiscated over 5,000 fraudulently-acquired passports from Zimbabweans, sources revealed this week. In December last year, the neighbouring country’s Home Affairs ministry launched a crackdown on foreigners using fraudulently-acquired South African travelling documents. read more...

Albania Issues New IDs, Biometric Passports Albanians rushed to apply for new identity cards and biometric passports, a key requirement for future visa-free travel to the EU. Government workers must apply by February 25, or they won’t be able to draw their wages. Pensioners have until March 25 to put in their applications, while students will not be allowed to sit their final exams this year if they haven't applied for the new identity cards in the meantime. read more...

Stansted deploys biometric passport gates London Stansted Airport has begun use of its new facial recognition security gates, which use document scanning. A live image of the passenger standing at the gate is captured and biometric technology compares it with the image stored on the chip embedded in the document by measuring specific facial points – regardless of changes due to weight gain or loss, for example. read more...

New hologram technology adds anti-counterfeiting features New technology continues to push the boundaries of holography as an effective ID anti-counterfeiting device. One of the most significant advances has been polycarbonate (PC) security laminates. The Holofuse, is a new polycarbonate film incorporating a clear holographic pattern into the surface without the use of adhesives. read more...

The Evolution of the Passport Photo When photography was invented, its enormous potential in terms of identifying individuals was immediately recognized. The passport photo is one of the oldest and most visible security features of the passport. read more...

Samsung presents animated OLED security card The card carries all information you would come to expect from a typical ID card. But the real fun is when you activate the embedded chip. read more...

PixelTM Watermark Arjowiggins Security recently launched the pixel watermark. This high-light watermark, combined with a usual shadow watermark, enhances the contrast and adds perspective to a watermark designs. For the first time used on the Mexican 200 peso commemorative banknote. read more...