Giesecke+Devrient

Connected vehicles require connectivity that keeps up, wherever they go. 🚗 We sat down with Noha AbdAlla, Senior Product Manager, to analyze how the GSMA #SGP32 standard is reshaping automotive connectivity. The transition moves fleets away from legacy, localized setups toward fluid, remote profile management and seamless global scalability – giving carmakers complete operational control over their digital ecosystems. Swipe through the carousel to explore the technical shifts. 👉

The most secure banknote features are the ones built into the substrate itself. 🖼️🔒 Protecting public currency means outpacing the remarkable evolution of commercial imaging technology. As standard ink-jet and toner-based printers become increasingly precise and versatile, counterfeiting is shifting from specialized criminal operations to readily accessible technology. This technological leap changes the fundamental engineering of cash, revealing a distinct difference in substrate architecture: Intrinsic Security (#Cotton): Natural fiber-based substrates allow features to be integrated directly during the paper-manufacturing process. Watermarks, sophisticated security threads, and UV fibers become part of the material's structural DNA. This creates an inseparable "key-and-lock" relationship between the substrate and the subsequent print layers. Superficial Security (#Polymer): Because synthetic plastic substrates are entirely non-porous, public features cannot be embedded within the core material. Instead, they must be applied on top of a transparent film. The vulnerability lies in the architecture: as commercial printing technology advances, replicating superficial elements becomes significantly less complex. Ultimately, counterfeit protection isn’t achieved by simply accumulating a high volume of features. True security is a matter of structural integration – ensuring the substrate, the print, and the feature integration operate as a single, inseparable system. In the latest episode of Currency Insights, @Felix Ehrtmann, Product Manager Integration & Print, analyzes the engineering behind modern substrate design and outlines how central banks can build a balanced, multi-layered security architecture for a currency. Watch the full analysis here: https://lnkd.in/e37xrJmc

We got a call from Mr Hill, a savvy UK bank customer in his 80ies. We answered and developed a new product because of it. ☎️ Living with severe arthritis made paying at checkout a frustrating experience for him. Smooth plastic cards and tight wallets create a physical barrier for millions of hands. So, he took action. He filed small notches into the edges of his cards to get a reliable grip. It worked for his hands, but the modification could sever the internal contactless antenna. When he called our UK office, we listened. We invited him into our local facility to study his physical prototype. Our engineers paired his real-world experience with our manufacturing expertise. The result is the G+D Convego Dexterity Notch. While cooperating with a single customer solved an immediate problem, this feature serves a global need. Global card circulation will reach 31 billion by 2029. By 2050, the global population over age 65 will hit 1.6 billion. Physical challenges like arthritis will become far more common, making true accessibility an essential operational standard for the financial industry. Read the full story in our Spotlight article: https://lnkd.in/eAB9jPXh

The SIM card was built for one job: to authenticate a person on a network. A subscriber. That job is changing. As cars, industrial sensors, meters and entire fleets of devices come online, the SIM increasingly authenticates machines – quietly becoming a root of trust for the connected world. It's a shift with real consequences. When millions of devices connect across borders and stay in the field for years, the hard question is no longer "can it connect?" but "can it be trusted?". Security stops being a feature and becomes the foundation. Philipp Schulte, CEO Mobile Security at G+D, on where this is heading 👇 https://lnkd.in/exSZVb8A

Banks today offer customers access to a wide range of investment products: from stocks and ETFs to bonds and funds. Yet one class is still largely left behind: #DigitalAssets. That's understandable.  Banks are built on trust, and protecting that trust is non-negotiable. But excluding digital assets altogether also means missing an opportunity:  customers will look elsewhere, and banks risk losing relevance in an increasingly digital financial ecosystem. We believe there is a better way. Digital asset trading doesn't have to come at the expense of trust.  With the right technology and safeguards, banks can offer secure, trusted access to this emerging asset class, creating value for both their customers and their business. That's why Cense, the newest addition to our portfolio through our corporate venturing arm G+D Ventures, is such a strong strategic fit. The compliance solution of CENSE is helping banks unlock digital asset trading in a trusted way – perfectly aligned with G+D's mission of bringing trust to the digital world while helping financial institutions become future-ready.

One container of pharmaceuticals, held at exactly 4°C across an entire ocean. No one is watching it. No one needs to. Throughout the journey, it continuously monitors temperature and location, transmitting updates once or twice daily via #SatelliteConnectivity in open water, seamlessly switching to the strongest local network near each coast—without anyone touching it. That's our IoTgo Connect connectivity solution. 🛰️ But staying online was never the hard part. The hard part is trust: proving the reading truly came from this container, and that nothing was altered on the way. For pharmaceuticals, the value isn't the data arriving – it's being able to trust it. That's the difference between #connectivity and security technology. As a #SecurityTech company, we've spent 170 years building the security that lets people trust what they can't see. Now it travels with the cargo the world depends on.

Trust is not built through big promises, but through details that never fail. We asked Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, CEO of G+D Currency Technology, what matters most to him personally – his answer: accountability. 🤝 For Wolfram, trust is built on actions and behaviors, not words. Delivering on promises means every colleague taking ownership of the job they do – because that's what shapes the organization G+D truly is. It's this attention to detail that defines G+D as a global #SecurityTech leader. Watch the full statement below.

Digital wallets are replacing cards? Think again. The card is quietly running the wallets that were supposed to replace it. When a consumer taps a phone at the terminal, a card is usually working behind the scenes. In card-based wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay, the phone is the interface and the card is still the engine. 🎬 That is the paradox of modern payment infrastructure: The card is becoming less visible while it grows more essential. The wallet reorganizes access to existing, regulatory-compliant card infrastructure. Take the card out of these flows and the wallet has nothing to run on. Today, this infrastructure enables a plural ecosystem where customers choose the exact experience they want based on the situation: 💳 Physical cards anchor long-term trust, represent a tangible bank relationship, and guarantee offline reliability. 📱 Digital cards deliver immediate, tokenized convenience for daily mobile transactions. 🌐 Virtual cards isolate transactional risk and maximize security for online shopping. Modern payments have moved past the "either/or" debate. Today's ecosystem thrives on absolute freedom of choice, supported by an intelligent infrastructure that quietly makes it all work.

🎶 Can you hear the music? Banknotes are silent, yet they speak volumes about a nation’s soul.  They are the canvases where heritage and culture are most widely shared – and music is a recurring theme in this artistry. From classical composers and intricate notation to folklore and traditional instruments, music is a language deeply engraved in both history and paper. The G+D Foundation, which manages an extensive collection of 350,000 objects, recently brought this theme to life in a unique #exhibition: “The World of Music on Banknotes – A Visual Concert.” By pairing over 50 historical banknotes with contemporary works from Pete Jones and Heidi Specker, the exhibition reveals the cultural depth hidden within technical security features. For G+D, preserving this legacy is a responsibility we have carried since the mid–19th century.  Through the Foundation, we aim to foster intercultural understanding and share the intricate artistry of banknote printing with a wider audience. Take a visual tour through the exhibition in the slideshow and explore the history of music on banknotes in our latest Spotlight article 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9nVqdKk

When an #IoT deployment scales to ten thousand devices, operational visibility usually shrinks to zero. Managing connectivity across multiple operators creates critical blind spots.  Teams spend hours manually provisioning eSIMs, tracking down connection errors, and managing fragmented compliance risks. It is reactive and exhausting. IoTgo Control replaces this friction with transparency.  One unified platform brings order to global device networks. Here is how operations change: 📲 Automated lifecycle management eliminates manual eSIM provisioning errors. 📊 Real-time analytics deliver immediate visibility into every active device status. 🌐 A single dashboard unifies multi-operator management across the globe. 🚨 Proactive alerts trigger fast diagnostics before downtime impacts your bottom line. 🔒 Built-in security controls protect your network and guarantee regional compliance. Scale should bring growth, not operational chaos. Learn how to level up 👉 https://lnkd.in/eXGKzjGD