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Gemalto Surpasses 25 Million Smart Card Shipments to U.S. Federal Government

Arlington, VA USA, Dec 7, 2009–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that it has surpassed 25 million smart card-based identity credentials shipped to the U.S. federal government. This total is evenly split between government identity credentials, used for securing the identities of federal government employees and military personnel and for electronic passports…
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ViVOtech’s NFC technology enables du and Dubai First to successfully continue roll-out first mobile payment pilot in the Middle East and North Africa Region

ViVOtech provides end-to-end NFC Payment Infrastructure including Over-the-Air(OTA) provisioning, Electronic Wallet and NFC Readers at Merchant Locations Santa Clara, Calif., November 30, 2009–Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech, the leader in Near Field Communication (NFC) and contactless payment systems, announced that its NFC mobile payment wallet, Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning and NFC payment readers are being successfully used by…
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OTI Teams Up to Receive a $17 Million Contract to Provide Solutions and Systems for Electronic Identification Product

Iselin, NJ, November 30, 2009–On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ-GM: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments, eID Systems and other applications, announced today that it has signed a contract for the supply, transfer, maintenance and operation of an electronic identification related product based on OTI’s…
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Identity and Payments – November 2009

Let me begin with a sincere thank you to all of the people who attended our recently concluded 8th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference in Washington, DC. Our government speakers did a fabulous job informing the industry about the progress they have made in moving the government market’s security and identity management objectives forward….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…