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Vietin Bank Starts Merchant Acquiring for JCB Card in Vietnam

Stronger JCB acceptance network in Vietnam significantly increases JCB cardmembers convenience Tokyo, November 24, 2009–JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB, the only international payment brand from Japan, announced that Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietin Bank), one of the largest credit card acquiring banks in Vietnam, today…

Tailwind and ViVOtech Team Up To Integrate New Contactless Payment Reader Modules into Legacy POS Systems

Cost-Effective Chip And PIN Hardware Upgrades Allow Retailers To Deliver Better, More Secure Customer Experience By Adding Contactless Payments To Existing POS Terminals Santa Clara, CA, November 23, 2009–ViVOtech, the leader in near field communication (NFC) and contactless payment systems, and Tailwind, a leader in strategic marketing in the payments industry, have signed an agreement…

Gemalto in exclusive talks with XIRING to acquire XIRING’s banking activity

Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Suresnes, France, Nov 23, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 – GTO), the world leader in digital security and XIRING, a leader in smart card based strong authentication solutions for e-banking and e-commerce, today announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations with the objective to complete the acquisition by Gemalto of the XIRING…

Digital Identification Solutions & ThingMagic Partner for Gen2 UHF RFID Encoding

Piedmont, SC, USA, October 28, 2009–Digital Identification Solutions, a global solutions provider, announced the integration of the ThingMagic USB RFID reader/encoder with the EDIsecure XID Retransfer Printer. By easily attaching the Gen2 UHF USB encoder to the side of the XID printer, ID badges are printed and encoded in one easy step. Digital Identification Solutions…

Gemalto Secures Exclusive (U)SIM Card Deal with Virgin Media

Deal builds on a 10 year relationship between leading Mobile Virtual Network Operator, and Gemalto Cartes & IDentification, Villepinte, France, Nov 18, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has secured a two-year exclusive agreement to supply Virgin Media with (U)SIM cards and its LinqUs™ Device Management solution. Virgin…

Milestone: Four Million Students Now Use University Smart Cards Developed by Gemalto and Santander Universities Global Division

Multi-application card boosts digital signature adoption Cartes & IDentification, Villepinte, France, Nov 18, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced a milestone of four million students now using the university smart card it is developing for Santander Universities Global Division of Banco Santander. This university smart card (USC) acts as…

Oberthur Technologies Announces Contactless Sticker Certification from Discover®

FlyBuy Sticker Now Available to Discover’s Card Issuers Chantilly, VA Nov, 17 2009–Oberthur Technologies’ contactless sticker product–FlyBuy Sticker–has been granted type approval by Discover Financial Services, a leading U.S. credit card issuer and global electronic payment services company. Discover’s type approval process ensures that the Discover Zip® contactless payment application properly operates on the FlyBuy…

Gemalto Receives Two Sesames Awards–“Hardware” with “Contactless Very High Data Rate” and “Mobile” with “MASSIM”

Cartes & IDentification, Villepinte, France, Nov 17, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has won two Sesames awards at this year’s Cartes & IDentification tradeshow: “Hardware” with “Contactless Very High Data Rate” and “Mobile” with MASSIM. The Sesames awards are a key part of the annual smart card…

SNCF and Gemalto Present Ticketing on Contactless Mobile Phones

Cartes & IDentification, Villepinte, France, Nov 17, 2009–SNCF and Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), today presented a new service allowing travelers to purchase and recharge their transport tickets using a contactless mobile phone which incorporates NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. This innovation, in its demonstration phase, will be presented on the Gemalto booth during the Cartes…

Oberthur Technologies and Todos Announce a Worldwide Partnership in the Field of Authentication

An end-to-end authentication solution for banks securing e-shopping and e-banking worldwide. PARIS, FRANCE AND GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, November 16, 2009–Oberthur Technologies and Todos are joining forces to create a complementary range of services and products such as authentication devices and back-end servers to improve security, usability and trust for online e-shopping and e-banking users. This fully…