Luminescence, a manufacturer of security inks used in banknotes and other high security documents, has been acquired by Sun Chemical and its parent company DIC Corporation. UK based Luminescence has been a supplier of security inks for thirty one years, providing inks used for currency tax stamps, passports, ID cards, secure documents and brand protection.…
CCL Secure and De La Rue have been awarded ten-year contracts by the Bank of England to supply polymer substrates for the new £20 banknotes. Under the terms of the contract, CCL Secure will supply the Bank of England with Guardian™ substrate for 75% of the first call-off volume, and De La Rue will supply its…
The National Bank of Ukraine is to consider the legal status and regulation of digital currencies such as Bitcoin by the end of August 2017. The Central Bank has issued a press release confirming that the issue of regulating digital currencies will be considered at the next meeting of its Financial Stability Board, to be held by the end of…
Arjowiggins Security has entered into an irrevocable agreement with Oberthur Fiduciaire to acquire the Arjowiggins Security BV subsidiary including the VHP plant in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. A press release dated 21 July 2017 from parent company, Sequana, has confirmed the sale of its subsidiary Arjowiggins Security BV to Oberthur Fiduciaire, including its VHP plant in…
Crane Currency says it will be printing banknotes by the end of 2017, as its new banknote printing facility in Malta nears completion. Crane Currency first announced its intention to invest US $100 million in a new banknote printing facility in Malta in September last year. Following the laying of the facility’s foundation stone at a…
Fifty years ago today, the world’s first cash machine was installed at a Barclays Bank branch in Enfield, London. The machine was invented by John Shepherd-Barron and his team at De La Rue Instruments Ltd. The new machine, or Automated Teller Machine (ATM), allowed customers to withdraw ten £1 banknotes using a special voucher that…
CCL Secure has won the CFI.co 2017 ‘Most Innovative Banknote Technology Global’ award for its Guardian™ polymer banknote substrate. CFI.co will run a feature on the award and CCL Secure, formerly Innovia Security until their acquisition by CCL Industries last month, in an upcoming edition of its journal. The CFI.co Judges’ Report recognises that Guardian™ has 4%…
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has chosen to use Landqart’s Durasafe® banknote substrate for the two highest value notes of its new “Crisp Evolution” banknote series. Landqart is expected to begin sending shipments in 2018 for the $50 and $100 banknote denominations. Durasafe® is a composite paper-polymer-paper substrate developed by Landqart in cooperation with the Swiss…
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has updated its Swiss Banknotes smartphone app with information regarding the new 20-franc banknote, issued into circulation today. The Swiss Banknotes app was first issued last year when the 50-franc – the first of the latest ninth Swiss banknote series – was issued into circulation. The free mobile app, compatible with Apple iOS and…
From today, Innovia Security, the manufacturer of Guardian™ polymer banknote substrate, will operate under the new name of CCL Secure. This follows an announcement made last December advising that The Smithfield Group, the managing shareholder of Innovia Group, had accepted an offer from Canada’s CCL Industries Inc. to acquire the company for CAD $1.3 billion (US $952.7m). Speaking…