Security Technology
Easy-To-Use Technology Leading To Counterfeit Bump
It used to be a highly refined skill requiring substantial training and reserved for specialized technicians, but today counterfeiting is as easy as “the push of a button” say sources from the US federal government – and this is leading to a big jump in the amount of counterfeit banknotes in circulation. The US Secret [...]
Helpful Holograms
Security features are typically embedded in security documents to prevent them from being forged. From watermarks and security threads on banknotes to radio chips and security paper in electronic passports, these security devices are a benchmark in the fight against counterfeiting. One of the more recent security features making an impact on today’s secure documents [...]
Football Season Triggers Counterfeit Warnings
With football season back in full swing, some National Football League (NFL) teams are warning fans to be on the lookout for counterfeit tickets. This week, the Superbowl winning New Orleans Saints issued a statement saying fake tickets for their home opener against the Minnesota Vikings were circulating “in the secondary market” – via the [...]
New Video Podcast Educates Public About Banknote Security Features
A new video podcast series released by the United States government is aimed at helping businesses and consumers protect themselves against counterfeit currency. Initially created for the website NewMoney.gov – a site used to educate the public about the new $100 US bill – the podcasts are a visual resource in which people can learn [...]
How The EURion Constellation Protects Banknotes
It may not look like a Greek hunter, but a small pattern of symbols found on some banknotes named after one of the universe’s most prominent constellations does its best to battle counterfeiters. The EURion constellation is a pattern made up of five rings that are added to banknotes in order to prevent counterfeiters from [...]
NEW FEATURES: Connecting The Quantum Dots
This article is part of a continuing series that looks at security features in development for the security paper industry. It’s not a connection you can make everyday, but some leading cancer research could also prove to be an important development for the security paper industry. Quantum dots are a discovery of nanotechnology (much like [...]
NEW FEATURES: Spreading Fluorescence Thin
This article is part of a continuing series that looks at security features in development for the security paper industry. The security paper industry is no stranger to the use of fluorescence. Often used in banknotes, fluorescence provides a unique security device that can only be revealed under ultra violet (UV) lights. On the Canadian [...]
Learning More About The CBCDG
The Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group (CBCDG) is a group of 31 central banks and note printing authorities that investigates emerging threats to banknote security and proposes solutions for these threats. Consisting of members from countries around the world including Canada, the United States, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Japan, France, Greece the United Kingdom, the CBCDG [...]
NEW FEATURES: Forensic Fingerprinting
It may sound like something straight out of the crime-drama CSI, but scientists in Brazil and the US are developing a method of identifying “fingerprints” on banknotes in order to spot counterfeits. The process is done using what chemists call a “mass spectrometric technique” that can detect the authenticity of a banknote in seconds. This [...]
BSP Redesigns Banknotes to Keep Up With Security Technology
In an effort to keep up to date with anti-counterfeiting technology and increasingly high-tech security features on banknotes around the world, the Bankgko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in the Phillipines announced this week that it will launch a new series of banknotes in December 2010. “We want to take advantage of these technologies,” BSP Monetary [...]
