NEWSLETTER No. 02 / 2007

EVENTS:

Electronic Passport Forum V

The Electronic Passport Forum – Citizen ID Forum will cover all government driven citizen ID programs: from National Ids, driver’s licenses and healthcare cards to electronic passports, green cards and next-generation visas. Forum will be held on
June 21 - 22, 2007, Istanbul,Turkey. read more..

CARDEX ASIA 2007 & RFID EXPO ASIA

July 10 - 11, 2007, Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand read more..

Commercial Biometrics 2007: Improving Enterprise Efficiency & Security

Commercial Biometrics 2007 will break new ground in the discussion and advancement of biometric applications and solutions in commercial markets, including: financial services, retail, healthcare, high tech & telecom, industrial & residential, gaming & hospitality, and education. Conference will be held in San Diego, CA, USA (Hilton San Diego Resort) on 30th July - 1st August 2007. read more..

SpeechTEK 2007

SpeechTEK 2007 covers practical applications of speech technologies, including speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, speaker authentication, audio search, dialog management, and related technologies. Conference will be held on August 20 - 23, 2007 in New York Marriott Marquis, New York, NY, USA.
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International Conference on Biometrics - ICB 2007

August 27 - 29, 2007, Seoul, Korea. read more...

 

SUPPORT:

We would like to thank to Mr. Raúl V. Ramos and Mr. Antonio P. Baňales from Banco de Mexico for supporting us with specimen bankotes of 50 Pesos type F 

Mr. José Alcántara Almánzar from Banco  Central de la Republica Dominicana was so kind that consult with us huge amount of specimen varriations of dominican currency

Many thanks to our Expert Consultant for Asian  region, Mr. Li Hao for supporting us with up-to-date informations about CNY and HKD currency

Banknotes world

• The Monetary Authority of Singapore is issuing new $5 polymer notes from 18 May 2007. This is the third denomination in the Portrait Series to be converted from paper into polymer. The $5 polymer notes will circulate alongside the $5 paper notes, both of which will remain legal tender. read more..
• The State Bank of Vietnam has announced that two denominations of paper notes with a face value of 50,000 VND and 100,000 VND which were made of cotton, would no longer be considered legal tender as of 1^st September.  read more..  

 

• Bank of Ghana has introduced new currency denominations, as a major step in the country's economic reforms. The new currency is redonominated by setting the 10,000 Cedis to one Ghana Cedi which will be equivalent to one hundred Ghana Pesewas. The redenomination exercise is expected to last for six months during which the old and new currency is expected to be used side by side as legal tenders. read more..

• The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the launch of an extensive campaign to promote public awareness of the security features and the handling characteristics of the Hong Kong ten-dollar polymer note, which will be circulated within the next few weeks.
  The new polymer plastic note is similar to previous paper issues. read more..  

• Macedonia’s government has announced that the national ePassport system will kick off later this month when 30 registration offices hosting 45 ePassport data capturing and entry stations open their doors for business throughout the country.
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• Bulgaria will start to issue on November 1st, technologically advanced "e-passports", armed with microchips that house personal and biometric data. These will include a digital photo and fingerprint.This is envisaged by legislative amendments that the government adopted on ThursdayThe applications for issuing new passports will be distributed free of charge as of October 31.Bulgarians will not be asked to put their best faces forward but will have a picture shot at the stands where applications are submitted.

• Russia’s Information Technologies and Communications Minister Leonid Reyman has announced that “The system for issuing passports with biometrical data will be finally developed by 2009. It is the year when the project will reach its full capacity,”. According to him, the project has stirred much interest in all CIS countries read more..
   

• As of August 15, 2007, Canadians who qualify will be able to renew their passport through the simplified renewal program and as of October 1, 2007, Passport Canada will introduce a new guarantor policy, which will allow most Canadian adult passport holders to act as guarantors for first time applicants. read more...  
     

The Catalogue of Currencies 

Our Catalogue of Currencies was enriched by new additions this month :

The National Bank of Ukraine has been issuing into circulation a new 200 Hryvnia banknote from 28.05.2007. We bring you initial description and pictures of the banknote. For more information, please check Ukraine section of The Catalogue of Currencies, or access our online version here.

We enriched our catalogue with complete descriptions of all new Pakistan banknotes including also new 1000 rupees banknote issued in 2007. Full description of security features with detailed pictures and UV/IR images you can find in Pakistan section of The Catalogue of Currencies. If you would like to access online version please click here.

The Catalogue of Documents 

Our Catalogue of Documents was enriched by new additions this month :

         For more information, please check The Catalogue of Documents