100 Pesos Eva Perón note

The organisers of the Latin American High Security Printing (HSP) Conference are delighted to announce at the Conference in Bogota, Colombia today, that the inaugural award of Latin American Banknote of the Year 2013 was presented to Senora Katya Daura, President of...

Malcolm Cuthbertson

Malcolm Cuthbertson was a key figure and much loved member of the secure documents community. Malcolm was very proud to have started his working life as a Jackaroo in Australia. Following this he returned to the UK and had an extremely distinguished career in the...

Alec Hutchinson

The currency industry has lost one of its most well-known, and ebullient, figures following the death of Alec Hutchinson. He started his career with De La Rue and spent 15 years there, during which time he held a number of senior management positions in Latin America...

New Chilean Drivers Licence

Chile’s new drivers licence is due to be issued next year. A national database is being created, and a new central production system is being put in place to replace the 240 or so existing enrolment and issuing centres throughout Chile to eliminate duplication and...

New 100 Nuevos Soles

A new series of banknotes went into circulation in Peru in 2011. The second highest denomination of these is the 100 Nueovs Soles, which was issued at the end of last year. The main feature of the note is the portrait of the Peruvian historian Jorge Basadre Grohmann....