Yesterday Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) presented their latest technology to fight against banknote counterfeiters at the Banknote 2012 conference in Washington D.C. A press release was also issued by the company detailing their new product: MAGnite. This banknote security feature uses “high performance pigments that allow reversible changes between two colour states” when in range…
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have developed a tiny version of the QR Code with the intention of them being applied to banknotes as a security feature. The QR Code is created by combining microscopic nanoparticles with blue and green fluorescent inks before applying them to the banknote surface using an aerosol…
On the 24th August 2012, Talaris™ launched their new cash recycler, the Vertera 6G™. Cash recyclers enable bank and retail branches to manage their cash efficiently and securely, providing a fast yet reliable method of cash management within businesses such as bank and retail branches. Even with a small footprint, the Vertera 6G™ is able…
Following a cash theft in a South London Lloyds TSB branch, the first successful conviction of a Cash-In-Transit (CIT) crime has occurred where glue technology was used to protect the cash being transported. The new technology is built into the boxes used to transfer the cash from one place to another. When triggered the glue…
QR codes, or Quick Response codes, are becoming more and more common and are often seen in advertising and marketing media. A QR code is a two dimensional barcode which requires a QR reading device such as a smartphone to link directly to the information stored within the code, which can be websites, emails, texts…
Cash handling equipment and software provider Talaris, which employs 1900 people, has been acquired by Glory Corporation for £650 million. Talaris was previously De La Rue Cash Systems, but was sold for £360m in 2008 to private equity group Carlyle Europe Partners. In less than 4 years their investment nearly doubled. Since the departure from De La Rue, Talaris’…
One of SMI’s Directors, Martin Arkwright, has featured on Financial Post Entrepreneur commenting on the new NOtES technology which was presented in a keynote speech at an industry conference in San Fransisco. NOtES – Nano-Optic Technology for Enhanced Security – uses nano-optic technology such as that found on butterflies, scaled up to could create a next-generation, high-definition hologram. Martin…