Tag Archive for 'EMV'

Gemalto and BNP Paribas Reinforce their Global Partnership

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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.

Equity installs new EMV card

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From : Kenya Broadcasting Corporation 01-Feb-10 2:00:00 PM
Equity Bank has installed the EMV (Europay-Mastercard-VISA) technology in the bank's Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) outlets and point of sales (POS) throughout the country.

Telecom and Public Sectors to Drive Chinese Smart Card Market

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From : Emailwire 31-Jan-10 9:19:00 AM
Having recognized the potential of smart card in terms of usability, companies across the world are greatly contributing to the expansion of global smart card industry. Growing security concerns, possible multiple usage and high storage capability are some of key reasons that have enabled the market to grow over the past few years and will continue to do so in future.

Advanced Bank of Asia Deploys Gemalto’s Strong Authentication Solution for e-Banking in Cambodia

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From : Gemalto 28-Jan-10 6:31:00 AM
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced it is supplying Advanced Bank of Asia (ABA) in Cambodia with its strong authentication solution, Ezio Pocket Reader, to secure their new Internet banking services. The company also provides the bank with EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) credit cards. One of the leading banks in Cambodia, ABA [...]

HSBC Appoints Gemalto to Facilitate the EMV Migration of its Credit Cards Across 19 markets in Asia Pacific

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From : Gemalto 26-Jan-10 7:40:00 AM
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been appointed by the HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial organizations, to supply a comprehensive end-to-end EMV migration service across its 19 markets in the Asia Pacific region. Gemalto’s services cover three main areas; provisioning of EMV credit cards, secure personalization services, and [...]

Different technologies vie to protect payments

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From : DigitalIDNews 25-Jan-10 11:33:00 PM
End-to-end encryption, dynamic cryptograms and EMV are all options being considered to protect payment transaction data in the U.S. The goal is to prevent data breaches, such as the one with Heartland Payment Systems in 2008, and make it easier for merchants and processors to secure the information. It’s estimated that tens of million of payment card numbers were compromised when hackers planted malicious software in Heartland’s system. Processors and merchants are supposed to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, a specification that many say is confusing, onerous and doesn’t do enough to protect payment card information.

Dynamic Card Solutions’ Instant Issue Technology Selected by Glacier Bancorp

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From : Dynamic Card Solutions 20-Jan-10 6:14:00 AM
Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), the leading provider of instant issuance and PIN selection solutions for banks, credit unions and retailers that issue magnetic stripe, EMV and contactless cards, today announced that it has signed Glacier Bancorp, Inc. DCS is working with Glacier Bancorp, a holding company of 11 banks and 94 branches in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, [...]

Setefi (Intesa Sanpaolo Group) Selects Gemalto for Italy’s First Large-Scale Rollout of EMV PayPass(TM) Contactless Payment Card

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From : Gemalto 20-Jan-10 6:28:00 AM

Oberthur Technologies Acquires Service Center in Colombia to Expand EMV Delivery Into Latin America

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From : PR Newswire 14-Jan-10 4:23:00 PM
Oberthur Technologies, the world's second largest provider of smart card based solutions, has acquired the payment card personalization assets of Dyetron S.A., a provider of smart card-based technology solutions for the transportation, communications, government and financial sectors.

Card Industry Has a Compelling Case for Data Encryption, Report Says

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From : Digital Transactions 13-Jan-10 2:19:00 PM
End-to-end encryption of cardholder account data during the transaction process is an imperfect solution to payment card fraud, but it’s the most practical out there now for the U.S., a new report about fraud management from Aite Group LLC concludes. The report estimates that fraud cost the U.S. card industry $8.6 billion in 2008. The fraud rate, however, 0.4% of $2.1 trillion in charge volume in 2008, has been stable for several years, according to report author Nick Holland.