“Counterfeiting, A Three-Part Series.” Part 3: Modern anti-counterfeiting measures

*This article is the last in a three-part series on counterfeiting. Read the first two articles in the series: Part 1, Part 2

Anti-counterfeiting technology in and on banknotes has been evolved more over the past 30 years than it has in the entire history of money.
Today’s banknotes are not just used as currency; they are [...]

“Counterfeiting, A Three-Part Series.” Part 2: The evolution of anti-counterfeiting measures

*This article is the second in a three-part series on counterfeiting.
In the world of currency, developing anti-counterfeiting measures have always followed the emergence of counterfeit banknotes and coins, and they have taken on many different forms.
As seen in the previous article in this series, (read: Part 1: A History of Counterfeiting), one of the earliest [...]

“Counterfeiting, A Three-Part Series.” Part 1: A history of counterfeiting

*This article is the first in a three-part series on counterfeiting.
The act of counterfeiting is as old as money itself. Plaguing ancient Rome, empirical China, newborn America, and many other nations over the past 2500 years, the illegal activity came hand in hand with the creation of money.
Even prior to the invention of coin [...]

ECB: Counterfeit euros up 8 per cent

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today that the number of fake euro banknotes seized in the last six months rose by eight per cent from the first half of the year.
“In the second half of 2009 a total of 447,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation,” an ECB statement said.
Though the increase is [...]

India Attempts Crack Down on ‘Financial Terror’

India will put together a ‘financial terror dossier’ this week in an attempt to garner international support in pressuring Pakistan to immobilize a booming counterfeit currency ring that exports bogus Indian banknotes into the country.
Since the attacks in Mumbai last November, India has been aggressively building a number of cases against the neighboring Pakistan, including [...]

FOXNews.com: “The Dollar Bill Goes High-Tech”

Counterfeiting has never been easier. All it takes these days is a fairly inexpensive color printer, some graphic design software and a willingness to spend a few decades in jail if you get caught.
But desperate times call for desperate measures, so criminals struggling in a tough economy and savvy with advanced printing equipment have figured [...]

Fortress Paper President & CEO on BNN

Fortress Paper’s President & CEO, Chad Wasilenkoff, talks to the Business News Network (BNN) about his company’s focus on non-woven wallpaper & security paper, and speaks about upcoming innovations at their Landqart Mill in Switzerland.
Watch the BNN clip HERE, or by clicking on the image to the right.

“Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Money”

With the US Mint launching the release of a new $1.00 coin in November, Time Magazine drafted this list of top-ten tidbits about money that may surprise you:
#1 – The Largest Banknote: Measuring in at roughly the size of a sheet of legal paper, the world’s largest single banknote is the 100,000-peso note created by [...]

Fortress Paper’s Irisafe.

With counterfeit banknotes, ID papers, and open-air admission tickets becoming increasingly easier to produce and more frequent due to technological advances in scanning and colour printing, the need for security papers that can’t be copied is on the rise.
In response to this demand, Fortress Paper has developed Irisafe – a security feature that cannot be [...]

Helping Protect Financial Integrity

History has shown that our increasing complex financial system faces some unique challenges. Recently, the world of high finance collided with Main Street and the average investor was left to decipher why esoteric instrument such as derivates, swaps, counter-party agreements, packaged subprime loans and credit default swaps were impacting their investments and retirement savings. [...]