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How can governments help people gain control over their digital identity and facilitate secure user access to both public and private digital services locally and globally?

2021 and the emergence of digital cash

75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference

SICPA has conducted applied research on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), continuing our mission to enable trust through constant innovation.The research revealed payment behaviors and challenges gathered from a literature review, 63 interviews, a short survey and observations carried out in rural and urban locations.

It is sometimes difficult for users with impairments to quickly and assuredly differentiate banknotes. In 2015, working closely with a number of associations and in collaboration with a design studio specialized in Universal Design, SICPA launched a project to make banknotes assuredly the most accessible payment method.

The growth in the illicit trade in tobacco products remains a worrying worldwide phenomenon as it provides an enduring source of funding for organized crime and terrorist activities; these potential threats must be acknowledged and tackled as a national and international priority.

Governments are tasked with providing every citizen, and all people living within a country’s borders, with equal access to digital services and resources. Yet millions of people are excluded from access today because they lack a formal digital identity. And many more are unable to use a digital identity securely and smoothly. What factors drive the push for achieving better digital identity?

In this article, we discuss how product counterfeiting is affecting businesses globally, the methods to detect it, and practical tips on how to prevent it, ensuring the continued success of your business in an increasingly complex marketplace.

Every day billions of people juggle multiple logins and passwords in order to access different government-run and private sector services. They often take time-saving but risky shortcuts that can undermine privacy and security. More than a billion people face exclusion from vital public services because they lack any official form of official identity, be it a residence permit, health record, driving license, passport or social security number.

Falsified and substandard medicines represent an incredible risk to the global safety of populations around the world. It is estimated that even in the most secure markets, at least one percent of all drugs in circulation are counterfeits.