Category: EMV News

Gemplus Wins EMV Contract to Supply 15 Million Smart Cards to HBOS

Smart card migration to help Halifax Bank of Scotland combat card fraud LONDON, England, November 6 /PRNewswire/–Gemplus (Euronext Paris SA: GEPL.PA; Sicovam: 005768; NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announced it has won a contract to provide Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), with 15 million smart cards to replace the…

First National Bank of South Africa Awards Hypercom Contract for Networking Technology and up to 5,000 Card Payment Terminals

EMV Specialist Consultancy Team provides EMV Strategy and Migration Paths to Leading International Financial Institutions Phoenix, AZ and Woking, UK, August 20, 2003–The First National Bank of South Africa, a division of FirstRand Bank Ltd, a leading bank in South Africa, has selected advanced networking technology and up to 5,000 EMV-certified ICE™ card payment terminals…

EMVCo Expands Charter to Strengthen Global Participation and Enhance Industry Wide Communication

Purchase, New York and San Francisco, California, June 25, 2003–EMVCo, LLC, the company jointly owned by MasterCard International and Visa International, announced today its newly established structure and expanded charter that will further ensure ongoing interoperability and increased communication within the payments industry. The primary role of EMVCo has been to maintain the EMV Integrated…

Visa EU and CEMEA Award Hypercom Chip Vendor of the Year for Technology Excellence

Technology Excellence, Market Savvy and Strong Partner Orientation Puts Hypercom Above All Others WOKING, England, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Visa EU (European Union) and CEMEA (Central Europe, Middle East and Africa) have awarded global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) the prestigious Visa Chip Vendor of the Year Award for 2003. Visa EU and CEMEA cited…

Todos eCode on Proton Prisma cards

Gothenburg, Sweden / Brussels, Belgium, March 10, 2003–The Todos eCode application, which can be added on smart cards for secure remote authentication, has now been implemented in Proton World’s Proton Prisma family of multiapplication cards (SP,BP,EP,DP, …), using the Sesame awarded EMV PLUS application. The eCode package provided by Todos will include a Matrix application…

Next Generation MasterCard Credit/Debit Application Provides Issuers Additional Control, Flexibility

MasterCard M/Chip, Version 4, Designed to Address Range of Industry Needs Purchase, NY, and Waterloo, Belgium, October 3, 2002–Responding to feedback received from its member financial institutions around the world, MasterCard today announced the release of MasterCard M/Chip, version 4 (M/Chip 4), a highly flexible smart card application for credit and debit cards. The new…

JCB Announces Total Number of Issued IC Cards Exceeds 3 Million

Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 07, 2002, (JCN Newswire)–JCB, Japan’s largest credit card company and an international brand, announced that the total number of JCB-brand EMV IC cards issued in Japan since December 2001 exceeded 3 million in July 2002. Click to read more Source: JCN Newswire