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TSYS Signs Payments Agreement with KeyBank

Columbus, Ga., May 30, 2013–TSYS (NYSE: TSS) announced today that it has signed a long-term payments agreement with KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) to provide payment processing for the bank’s consumer credit card portfolio. KeyBank made the strategic decision to bolster its payments business last year and begin self-issuing credit cards. At that time, Key purchased a…

Identive Expands Presence in China Access Control Market

HIRSCH systems protect data centers for leading cloud services provider Santa Ana, Calif. and Ismaning, Germany, May 30, 2013–Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced that a leading cloud computing operations service provider in China is expanding its implementation of…

TSYS Renews Payments Agreement with Nationwide Building Society

Columbus, Ga., and London, 29 May, 2013–TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today announced that it has renewed its payments agreement with Nationwide Building Society. Nationwide is the world’s largest building society and a major provider of credit cards, with approximately 15 million members. As part of the agreement, TSYS will continue to process Nationwide’s UK consumer card…

Gemalto supplies MTS Russia with UpTeq NFC SIM for mobile transport services

Amsterdam, May 27, 2013–Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is supplying Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest network operator with over 70 million subscribers, with its UpTeq NFC high-end SIM cards for a mobile phone-based public transport ticketing solution in the city of Novosibirsk. Produced and personalized at Gemalto’s Moscow service…

Infineon Ships Security Chips to Taiwan’s Electronic Passport Program

Neubiberg, Germany, May 23, 2013–Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced that it is supplying security chips to Taiwan’s electronic passport program. Infineon is the only supplier and has started shipping security chips of the SLE78 product family based on the digital security technology “Integrity Guard”. Taiwan has been issuing one million…

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Dear Members and Friends of the Alliance, One of the most valuable insights about the many applications and uses for NFC I received from listening to the experts at this month’s NFC Solution Summit 2013 Conference in San Francisco was simply this: we need to listen to and focus on the consumer experience first. Whether…

Gemalto integrates Qualcomm technology to enable rapid and cost effective design and deployment of M2M solutions

CTIA Wireless, May 22, 2013–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, will add a new module based on the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. QSC 6270-Turbo chipset to its Cinterion® portfolio of cellular modules and devices. With support for Java™(1) and for the SensorLogic cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) platform, the new device…

UL achieves re-qualification for Collis Compliance Test Suites for GlobalPlatform

Leiden, The Netherlands; 21st May 2013–UL is pleased to announce that GlobalPlatform has re-qualified the Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform UICC Configuration and the Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform UICC Contactless Extension, after successful completion of the GlobalPlatform TestFest process. The re-qualification of these test suites results in UL offering an increased coverage…

Gemalto and Encore Networks Partner to Provide M2M Wireless Solutions for Mission Critical Communications

Revolutionary multimode M2M technology enables industries to upgrade from legacy copper line systems to secure wireless connectivity CTIA Wireless, May 21, 2013–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces its Cinterion® M2M technology will provide wireless connectivity for Encore Networks’ routers deployed in mission critical applications for diverse market segments from Government,…