2022 Review

Traditionally, the evaluation of the perception of the banknotes is based on explicit responses obtained through questionnaires and interviews. The implicit measures refer to methods and techniques capable of capturing people’s unconscious mental processes. Neuroscience has shown that in the majority of brain processes that regulate emotions, attitudes, behaviours and decisions does not intervene human consciousness, that is: visual interest, attention to certain areas, emotions, motivation, mental load to understand the design and level of stimulation when interacting with a banknote.
The Banco de España and the LENI Institute of Universidad Politécnica de Valencia have developed Neurocash: a new methodology based on the application of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, which provides an objective and scientific understanding of the public’s real interests and perception of cash and security features.

Neurocash will bring to cash professionals countless advantages in order to develop the best product for a world where it should evolve and coexist with other means of payment:

· Criterion for making decisions about which banknote designs and security features have the most suitable configuration,

· Measurement of the resilience of banknotes to be counterfeited,

· Analysis of the perception of manufacturing defects,

· Virtualization of neuro-designed prototypes and,

· Evaluation of effectiveness of the cash communication campaigns.

Creation of a new security document is exchiting and hectic project requiring several persons and parties contribution. This presentation opens the curtain to what actually happens in the background and what is far more colourful than the polished process describsion may indicate. The challenge of aligning views between project team, forensics experts, and high-level cabinet members often has an impact on project implementation, as the document design and print proof is often on the critical path. Some unfortunate incidents related to launch of security documents may even reach the media. A typical incidents found are misspelling of texts, name not matching the object or wrong original used. These unwanted surprises are part of the challenge of implementation of new document and when surprise reaches the news, it has usually passed many good filters. Numerous real cases will be presented and explained. This presentation will give an insight to variaty of surprises that has happened. Short analyzes of why certain surprises are more common than others will be discussed and some countermeasures are proposed. With help of these examples we might still find something to improve in our design process.

Michael is a leading expert in ID document security and fraud, with a career spanning both the private and public sectors. As Head of Fraud Forensics & EU Operations Support at Incode, he leads a team of forensic and fraud intelligence specialists, serves as the company's authoritative voice on document security, and acts as the senior in-region technical resource supporting Incode's Sales and Customer Success teams on high-stakes engagements. 

Before joining Incode and focusing on his own consultancy, Michael was VP of Expert Services at Onfido / Entrust, where he also headed up the company's Global Document and Fraud Strategy Team.

 
Earlier in his career, he worked as a Document Expert and international trainer at several global document checking and referencing companies.

Michael has served as an ID Document Authentication trainer at the Expertise Centre Identity Fraud and Documents (ECID), sharing his expertise with embassies, consulates, airlines, security agencies, immigration offices, and police departments around the world. He also delivered joint training sessions with Interpol. 
Michael began his career in the security sector at the Dutch Immigration Office and the Forgery Department at Schiphol Airport. 

One of the questions facing every country is: “when and how do we upgrade and update our security documents meaningfully”.

Republic of Moldova stands at the external borders in the East of the EU and illegal migrants frequently use it as a transit country into Central and Western Europe. Since February 24, Moldova has faced a new challenge huge flow of refugees from Ukraine. As the result number of detected counterfeit travel documents on the border considerably increased.
The presentation will provide an overview of the major types of counterfeits and the techniques used to reproduce the documents as well as what efforts Moldova has taken to reduce counterfeiting.

Since 2021 all EU countries have to comply with the Regulation (EU) 2019/1157.

A brand new Level 1 security feature launched at the first Global Currency Forum and shown to you for the first time here in Barcelona.
RELIEF™ is a striking colour shifting graphic 3D public recognition Level 1 security feature. The strong 3D effect gives high confidence to the public and generates trust in the seen security feature. Believe in what you see.

RELIEF™ is an environment-friendly metal-free liquid crystal based security feature, available for security threads, foil stripes or foil patches.

A range of colour-shifting effect is available to best fit the colours that you selected for your banknote design.

With RELIEF™, you will have the opportunity to integrate a brand-new design element which will appear in three dimensions and will be easily identifiable by the public.

It is a kid’s game to see the three dimensional effects and moving elements when tilted. The three dimensional illusion will let you think that the design elements are rising out of the banknote surface.

Having RELIEF™ on your banknotes is moving towards the future, with more environment-friendly and affordable 3D solutions. So it’s about time to make the switch to the latest generation of 3D Level 1 security features and enter a new era of three dimensionalities.

Join us at the Global Currency Forum during one of our workshops, during which we will present in detail all the features and benefits of RELIEF™ by Oberthur Fiduciaire™ and how we have discovered this innovation.

As banknote printers we are all charged with improvement, in areas such as sustainability, quality and productivity.Advances in print technology have enabled printers to become more efficient, but in this presentation we will propose
that it is the people, not the machinery, that really make the difference in achieving high productivity.
Having a culture that supports improvement is the key differentiator, and allows ideas to flourish from all areas.

We will show the tangible benefits that a culture of improvement can bring, and how an idea from a Komori printer has been turned into a new machine that can help everyone improve their changeover times.

approach to upgrading security documents.

The presentation will explain how we combined the fulfilment of the EU Regulation, in line with applying our German security document concept, which involves incorporating the necessary technological advances and innovations in order to meet the challenges of fraud.

The usage of cash and the trust in ID documents has been widely debated during the past decade, public perception and acceptance of notes and documents depends largely on the security of individual features. More recently the complexity of some features has reached a tipping point where the ease-of-use has been neglected while security seem to be “king”. The presentation will demonstrate a new option for decision makers, the high security feature “mouveINK” which was introduced by GSI recently.

Verification at differing levels is vital for a state-of-the-art high security document.

The global picture of the population that lack any form of legal identity is alarming – about 1 billion people are estimated to be identityless according to the World Bank Group and about half of this population are said to be from the African continent. The COVID and post-COVID era have created more global awareness about the indispensability of identity for all and the need for the achievement of SDG 16.1, “legal identity for all, including birth registration by 2030”.In recent times, Africa is attaching much priority to building good and robust digital ID system as a catalyst for political and socio-economic development and have enacted and promulgated identification system protocols/policies at the regional – African Union (AU) and sub-regional (ECOWAS, SADC, EAC) blocs to ensure responsible adoption, implementation and interoperability of the Systems.
Ghana, a member of the ECOWAS sub-regional bloc on the African continent has made huge progress in embarking on a digital identification drive. The nation has followed through best global identification practices and standards, hence the recent certification of the Ghanacard as an ePassport by ICAO.

Emmanuel Kpakpo Brown is in his 20th year in public service – an identity expert with over 15 years of experience in high-security printing, biometrics, and national identity systems. He is a Principal Officer for Technology and Biometrics at National Identification Authority - Ghana and has been part of the management team anchoring the Ghana Card programme. His industry credentials apart, he is also making inroads into academia and he is currently a PhD candidate in Information Technology, with research interests in Digital Forensics, Infotech & Law, DPI, Fintech - AML. He is an Ambassador Emeritus - ID4Africa and an active speaker/contributor to international discussions on secure identity ecosystems, digital ID and financial security, and public sector digital transformation.

Paper-based driver’s licenses served Uganda well for many years. However, in some instances for traffic policemen, the inability to access an up-to-date centralised database made it impossible to be certain that the license being presented was original, still valid or without endorsements. Have additional classes been added illegally or did the holder have unpaid fines outstanding?Uganda decided to address these problems once and for all using the very latest digital technologies available. The solution, developed in conjunction with Veridos GmbH, is user-friendly for both license holders and law enforcers. It eliminates these uncertainties and helps to reduce the number of unqualified drivers causing carnage on Uganda’s roads.
The new system has cut the waiting time for a new license from over 90 days to just an hour. Authentication is done using biometrics and scanning of licence numbers and renewal alerts are sent to drivers well ahead of their license expiry date. Uganda’s Digital License is ISO compliant, with advanced security features, IIN and a polycarbonate designed by Veridos, making it the first country in COMESA, SADC and E. Africa to have an ISO compliant DL.

The humble postage stamp is undergoing a phenomenal digital transformation. Faced with the growing threat of stamp fraud and forgeries, and the pressure on postal authorities to offer more reliable, transparent delivery services, a new era in postage stamps has emerged.
By printing a unique, two-dimensional data matrix code on every stamp, forward thinking postal service authorities can now easily detect reused or forged stamps to prevent fraud, track a letter throughout its network, and provide customers with new digital and philatelist services with the barcoded stamp.

This presentation explores the print production and camera inspection challenges faced by the Dutch security printer, Royal Joh. Enschedé, in printing and verifying the variable data matrix codes printed first on the new €0.80 stamp for the German market in February 2021. By the end of 2022, the vast majority of German stamps will carry their unique matrix code.

The system of technological security of state documents has been created in Lithuania. Service of Technological Security of State Documents under the Ministry of Finance boasts 27 years of experience in designing security documents, controlling the quality of the documents and analysing the cases of document forgery.
The Identity card is one of the main identity document. During the 30-year period of the independence of Lithuania, different types of Lithuanian ID cards have been issued to the citizens of Lithuania until the launch of the newest document since September 2021.

This presentation deals with the newest technological security features of the new Lithuanian eID, discusses the changes in the design of this document, and its issuing procedures. The new design of the document will be presented, the differences with the previously issued ID cards will be described, and implemented most advanced technological security features will be shown, as well as issuing processes and their potential.

Mixed banknote substrate circulation requires a special shredding and destruction process to enable sustainable recycling of the shreds.
Hunkeler Systeme has developed a “cotton / polymer separation system” which handle shredded cotton / polymer notes at the same time with an automated change over feature. This separation system can be connected either to an online and/or offline processing / shredding module. The challenge of mix substrates running in a parallel production is addressed.

Sustainable solutions requesting the destructed material to be presented “fit for recycling”. This allows the recycler to have an efficient recycling process that results in cost savings and increased sustainability.

Currency manufacturers, have made impressive steps forward with their Environmental impact and Sustainability goals. However, the Chromium manufacturing process of the various printing forms, used for the printing of banknotes, remains a major toxicity concern and under regulatory review.
Eric Serenius will present how specialised Diamond like Carbon technology can solve this acute challenge via novel DLC technologies, available today from Roto Hybrid Advanced. This engineered surface simultaneously improves ink transfer, micro-structure replication and form longevity, while REACHing sustainability; all adding up to demonstrated value. It is a European Commission success story.

Richard Perera is the Director of Marketing Services at Landqart AG, where he oversees Product Management, Design, and Communications. Since 2011, he has held various roles within the company, beginning with sales operations in the Americas. With over 25 years of experience in the currency industry, Richard possesses a unique end-to-end understanding of the global cash cycle, from high-security substrates to complex distribution networks. Having worked extensively with government and commercial clients worldwide, he brings a strong strategic perspective on currency innovation. Richard holds Masters’ degrees from the University of St Andrews in Business Management and International Relations.

This presentation deals with the newest technological security features of the new Lithuanian eID, discusses the changes in the design of this document, and its issuing procedures. The new design of the document will be presented, the differences with the previously issued ID cards will be described, and implemented most advanced technological security features will be shown, as well as issuing processes and their potential.

The presentation will focus on ID market trends and innovative concepts leveraging polymer films (polycarbonate and thermoplastic polyurethane) to create highly secure identification documents.

It is crucial to protect the portrait, as it is the undisputable link between the document and its holder. In 2015, IDEMIA developed LASINK™ unique color technology to secure portraits on polycarbonate ID documents. Over the years, many countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Morocco and Colombia, have adopted this technology.
In recent years, we have seen an increase in color portraits on identity documents. To accommodate this growing demand, we are extending the LASINK™ product range to secondary portraits.

After successfully integrating color portraits in DOVID (LASINK™ Helios), IDEMIA will be unveiling secure color photos in a transparent window at the High Security Printing conference in Tallinn. In this new variation, the high definition LASINK™ color portrait comes complete with an additional relief and depth effect. This offers the highest level of security against ID document fraud while ensuring quick and unambiguous authentication.

Transparent windows were introduced in polycarbonate documents already fifteen years ago and have since become one of the standard elements in ID documents. Transparency is an effective eye catcher suiting well first line inspection. However, counterfeiters have started to prey also on the transparent windows. Simple shapes and lack of integration into the rest of the document have weakened their efficiency. How can we reinforce this security feature? Can we make windows more secure without sacrificing the original ease of verification? We propose to present how new age transparency as well as combination of established technologies into something unique can offer ways to keep two steps ahead the fraud.

Euro banknotes are an anchor of stability and confidence, both in everyday life as well as in many crises. The demand for cash is still growing and banknotes and coins are very popular means of payment at the point of sale in Germany. In order to further improve the resilience of the cash cycle, the Bundesbank is exploring new paths in thinking about cash of the future. In a highly volatile and fast changing world, as we face it today, it might not be enough to analyse current conditions and developments – we also have to think about the most dominating impact factors shaping the future path of cash. One of these factors, a megatrend that has already changed and surely will change our daily life is digitalisation. It has an impact not only in form of technical innovations, but also direct or indirect impact on everyday objects like cash and in the behaviour of citizens. Using the scenario technique, we imagine how the future cash cycle might look like in 15 or 20 years: What kind of properties does cash need to be attractive for the users and what can we do in the present time to achieve this goal?

Guillaume Lepecq is a globally recognized expert in payments and cash, with over three decades of experience shaping the future of monetary systems. As the co-founder of CashEssentials (est. 2018), he established a leading think tank dedicated to exploring the evolving role of cash in society, advocating for its continued relevance. CashEssentials has become a trusted platform for research, policy analysis, and dialogue on the future of cash, engaging with central banks, financial institutions, and policymakers worldwide. Guillaume’s career spans consulting, corporate leadership, and thought leadership. For 20 years, he has advised European financial institutions on cash and payment strategies. Earlier, as Director of Corporate Relations at the Association for the Monetary Union of Europe (1993–2001), he contributed to the strategic efforts That led to the adoption of the euro. Guillaume has written influential publications, including "Cash Essentials – Beyond Payments," "The Future of Cash," and "Managing the Changeover to the Euro."

The presentation will provide a view of changes in cash in circulation across many countries since 2020. It will offer information on the values of currency in circulation and volumes of banknotes in circulation. The session will highlight of changes to banknote life and the replacement of unfit banknotes in circulation. The session will provide practical insights into combining these key trends for estimating the required volumes of banknotes to be issued into circulation.

Net Zero means achieving a balance between the carbon emitted into the atmosphere, and the carbon removed from it. This balance – or Net Zero – will happen when the amount of carbon we add to the atmosphere is no more than the amount removed.
This session focusses on the steps global organisations need to take to drive ambitious climate action in the public and private sector, how to set science-based targets and a clearly defined path to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals.

For organisations that are yet to start, or those that are already on the roadmap to Net Zero, this presentation provides simple and straight-forward advice on how to take meaningful, impactful, cost effective and manageable climate action.

Digital Identities are a significant growth area and there are numerous approaches implemented already, with even more ideas on future solutions. This raises questions in a few areas such as legislation, interoperability, adoption rates, security and inclusivity. This presentation will explore the challenges and review a hybrid approach where physical and digital identities exist in harmony.

Joachim Caillosse joined IN Groupe in 2016 with Product Management responsibilities, focusing on ID & travel documents and especially ePassports. Prior to that he worked for KURZ (parent company of OVD Kinegram) and within the Arjowiggins Security group, two providers of highly secure components for ID documents and banknotes. Joachim regularly collaborates with identity and document fraud experts from various countries and international organisations. Since 2021 he has chaired the ‘Document Security’ working group for the Secure Identity Alliance (SIA).

To stay ahead of counterfeiters the secure printing industry continuously needs new security features. Recently a new technology, called MagID, has been developed that uses existing materials and capabilities, is low-cost and environmentally sustainable. It uses magnetisable ink, which is currently used for check printing. We will explain how it works and give an example of an application in the high security printing industry.