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Gemalto and BNP Paribas Reinforce their Global Partnership

From : Gemalto 02-Feb-10 6:50:00 AM
BNP Paribas announced today that it has selected Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, as part of first global tender covering fifteen countries.The contract will involve the supply of EMV banking cards and personalization services for a two-year period. Gemalto’s global footprint is a key asset to support the BNP Paribas Group in its international development.

Amsterdam to scrap paper tickets in April

From : DutchNews.nl 22-Jan-10 9:28:00 AM
Amsterdam city council is to ask transport minister Tineke Huizinga to approve its decision to scrap the paper tickets system on buses and trams on April 1, the Parool reports on Friday.

No electronic rail card for Dutch students yet

From : Radio Netherlands 22-Jan-10 11:29:00 AM
The introduction of a new electronic travel pass on Dutch public transport continues to be beset by problems.Owing to technical and logistical problems, Education Minister Plasterk has postponed the introduction of the travel pass, or OV chip card, for 650,000 students.

Gemalto Provides Secure Corrective Procedure to its Banking Customers in Germany

From : Gemalto 13-Jan-10 6:38:00 AM
Following its statement of January 6, 2010 related to the German payment cards, Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, confirms that it has provided a secure procedure to its customers in Germany to address the situation. The secure solution was timely verified and approved by the German banking authorities on January 7 as [...]

GlobalCollect Joins PCI Security Standards Council as Newest Participating Organization

From : Globalcollect 05-Jan-10 11:34:00 AM
GlobalCollect announced that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new participating organization. As a Participating Organization, GlobalCollect will work with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) and other payment card data protection standards. The PCI DSS, endorsed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard [...]

Gemalto and XIRING complete the acquisition by Gemalto of XIRING’s banking activity

From : Gemalto 16-Dec-09 7:27:00 AM
Gemalto , the world leader in digital security and XIRING, a security solutions provider for remote transactions, today announced that they have completed their exclusive negotiations and signed a binding contract related to the acquisition by Gemalto of the XIRING banking activity for 20 million euros. XIRING is a pioneer of EMV based strong authentication solutions [...]

Labour MPs complain about transport card

From : DutchNews.nl 25-Nov-09 9:55:00 AM
Labour MPs plan to question junior transport minister Tineke Huizinga about the double fees some public transport users are paying since the partial launch of the new public transport smart card.

Growing outrage over Dutch fingerprint database

From : Combined Jewish Philantropies 25-Nov-09 2:04:00 PM
Amsterdam (dpa) - More than 3,000 people in the Netherlands have signed a petition demanding that the government overturn a law enabling it to store the fingerprints of all Dutch citizens in a central electronic database.

Gemalto 2010-2013 Development Plan

From : Gemalto 18-Nov-09 11:39:00 PM
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security today announces its Development Plan for the period 2010 to 2013. Through revenue growth and margin expansion the Company sets for itself an objective of expanding by more than 50% its Profit from operations1, to €300 million in 2013. Gemalto also announces intention to initiate a dividend distribution to complement its [...]

New transport ticket leads to complaints

From : DutchNews.nl 17-Nov-09 2:52:00 PM
The public transport sector ombudsman has had almost 800 complaints about the new public transport smart card so far this year, Nos tv reports.