New signature on Ukraine´s banknotes All denominations of 2003 Ukraine´s banknotes will be issued with new signature of the NBU Governor Serhii Arbuzov. The process of introduction of new banknotes start from June 1, 2011. Read more ...

Another banknote of 2010 New Series Hong Kong Banknotes in circulation Hong Kong´s HK$500 banknotes of New Series 2010 had been put into circulation in February 2011. HK$100, HK$50 andHK$20 will be put into circulation at the end of this year and at the beginning of next year. Read more ...

Withdrawing Sierra Leone´s Old family banknotes from circulation Bank of Sierra Leone informs public about withdrawing Sierra Leone´s Old family banknotes from circulation. Period for withdrawing has been extended from 14 May 2011 to 14 August 2011, so general public has more time to exchange their old banknotes through Commercial banks. Read more ...

New design on Fiji´s banknotes In the middle of next year, new design notes and coins, including the new FJ$2 coin will be introduced. Instead of the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, important and iconic fauna and flora had been selected. Read more ...

Samoa´s new coin By the end of this year new coin will replace two tala note in Samoa. Also 10, 20 and 50 sene coins are ceased to be mint as they are rarely used now, The Central Bank announced. Read more ...

Devaluation in Iran - big issue again The rial devaluation has begun to be a big issue in Iran again. Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran starting plan of removing four zeros from the rial. As this issue is not to be discussed for the first time, only time will tell us whether the plan will be fulfilled. Read more ...

Wincor Nixdorf - Integrated ink - staining technology Transporting cash has traditionally been a source of great risk. Cash-in-transit providers in Europe are the victims of 1300 robbery attempts every year. You can read the information on solutions from Wincor-Nixdorf company. Read more ...

Challenges in Note Circulation - Availability and Quality of Low Denomination Notes Speech given by Victoria Cleland, Head of Notes Division, Bank of Englandn the UK, at The Currency Cycle Conference, Barcelona. In her speech outlines how the Bank is working with the UK cash industry to improve the availability and quality of £5 notes. Read more ...

The museum of money in Russia In 2011 there will be open museum of money at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Historically, in the fortress there is located the federal production company Goznak, to whom the new museum will belong to. Read more ...

Canada´s new polymer banknote The Bank of Canada recently announced that it will begin circulating a new $100 polymer bank note in November 2011, with a polymer $50 note to follow in March 2012. The Bank also provided further technical and background information about the new bank notes. More details on the security features, themes and designs of these denominations will be unveiled in the spring of 2011. Why the Bank of Canada decided to issue new series of Canadian banknote to use polymer material you can read in press information - Backgrounder on Canada´s new polymer bank note series Read more ...

Sweden´s new banknotes and coins Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday announced the new faces to adorn the country's currency, including a celebrated film director, a former UN secretary-general and a children´s author. The criteria for the selection of the new faces of Sweden´s currency were: a cultural personality active in the 20th century, popular with the people, internationally recognised and representing various parts of the country. Read more ...

ID card for migrants? In a time when global migration reaching record level, Secretary General Noble announced there is a time for migrants to place systems at the national level that would permit the identity of migrants and their documents to be verified internationally via INTERPOL. Read more...

Smart card project starts soon in Israel Two years smart card project in Israel will start very soon. The new ID card will contain a fingerprint and facial photo and it will be stored in the biometric database which government should set up. But without passing biometrics database bill, the project couldn´t be completed. We´ll see in late October when there should be first reading. Read more...

Russia plans universal ID - payment card Machine readable CARICOM passports launched in 2005, will be upgraded to biometric passports in St. Kitts-Nevis. According to the proposal, a universal card implanted with an electronic chip will be used not only as an identification card complete with the holder's picture and fingerprint replacing internal passports for Russians, but would also be used to pay for household utilities, public transportation, prescriptions, or any other social or municipal needs. Read more ...

The introduction of electronic identity (eID) cards in Latvia The introduction of electronic identity (eID) cards in Latvia is expected to begin in the summer of 2011. The scheme for introducing eID cards was initially launched as far back as 1999, but is soon to be concluded, following recent amendments to the Personal Identification Documents law just announced at the state secretaries meeting and currently being coordinated with other authorities. Read more...

Trüb to benefit from Montenegro ID agreement As one of Datacard´s partner manufacturers, Trüb has been supplying the country with data pages for biometric passports, identity cards, driving licences and multipurpose identity cards since 2007. Thanks to the new deal, it will continue to supply electronic data pages, identity cards, driving licences and multipurpose identity cards over the next few years. Read more in German...

What will the future bring in the security features world? The world of security features is still improving and progressing further more. Visual security features as we can say "common features" are not enough in a process of fighting against fraud and counterfeiting. Find out how biometric datas as fingerprints and visual face recognition can help to detect an illegal alien and also what´s the forecast for security world. Read more...