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A year of Progress Around this time last year, the Smart Card Alliance was coming off a very successful 2011 Mobile and Transit Payments Summit in Salt Lake City, where industry leaders envisioned what the market might look like in a few years. We looked at videos of Seinfeld TV series character George Costanza’s “fat…
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Gemalto Wins 2012 Cloud Award for Security Innovation

Award recognizes Gemalto’s expertise in securing cloud computing for enterprise applications Amsterdam, Feb 16, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it won the Security Innovation award in the inaugural 2012 Cloud Awards program. Gemalto was recognized for its Protiva Strong Authentication Service, a robust strong authentication platform that enables secure…
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G&D to Supply Turnkey TSM Solution for NFC based Commercial Mobile Payment Rollout in Australia

Munich, February 13, 2012 – Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, is adding multiple mobile phone-based payment options to its range of mobile banking services. Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing the technology to allow secure contactless payments using mobile phones featuring Near Field Communication (NFC). The most important of the components to…
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Gemalto Offers U.S. Banks Seamless EMV Migration with Instant Issuance Operated Services

Instant issuance generates superior customer satisfaction and brand recognition in EMV deployments worldwide Amsterdam, February 9, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has launched its in-branch Dexxis EMV instant issuance card solution for U.S. banks, designed to streamline and accelerate EMV migration. Dexxis instant issuance allows banks to immediately issue and…
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Al Rajhi Bank in Saudi Arabia Issues 15,000 Cards per Day with Gemalto’s Instant EMV Card Issuance Solution

Amsterdam, February 7, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Al Rajhi Bank, the largest financial institution in Saudi Arabia, has completed the main phase of the Dexxis Instant Issuance deployment program for on-the-spot EMV card delivery. With more than 500 branches equipped nationwide and over 15,000 cards issued daily,…
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Gemalto Supports Diners Club Spain’s EMV Migration

Amsterdam – Feb 2, 2012 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, announces the availability of an approved EMV application which will be deployed by Diners Club Spain during 2012. Gemalto is providing Diners Club Spain with consulting and personalization services, in addition to Dynamic Data Authentication (DDA) payment cards that…
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MasterCard Introduces Comprehensive Roadmap Advancing Electronic Payments EMV chip cards will be the core of the next generation of U.S. electronic payments and the transition is starting now, as both MasterCard and Visa have made clear in public statements on their U.S. roadmaps. On January 30, 2012, MasterCard introduced a comprehensive strategy solidifying EMV chip…
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Credit Agricole Selects Gemalto for Large-Scale Deployment of Contactless EMV Payment in France

Banking card that facilitates easier payment and with added security features is also certified by “Groupement d’Intérêt Economique–Carte Bancaire” Amsterdam – Jan 31, 2012 –Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it is behind Crédit Agricole’s large-scale deployment of contactless EMV banking cards in France. The Crédit Agricole group is market…