Gemalto

A digital security solutions provider Gemalto has partnered with Zimbabwe’s network operator NetOne to enable underbanked consumers to initiate mobile money transfers. NetOne will deploy Gemalto’s LinqUs solution for Mobile Money Transfer, which comprises of the server, user application, as well as system integration services.

The offering titled as the OneWallet service, works on 100% of the handsets and will enable all NetOne subscribers to perform secure and convenient money transfer using their mobile phone.

Barclaycard is launching the UK’s first commercial contactless mobile phone payments system in association with network operator Everything Everywhere. The launch is scheduled for this summer.

The companies said in a statement that they are working with the unnamed handset vendor to allow Britons to make low value payments at the point of sale by waving their phones against specially equipped contactless terminals.

Digital security provider Gemalto has entered into a definitive agreement with MasterCard to serve as its preferred emergency card replacement vendor worldwide. Under the agreement Gemalto will allow premium MasterCard cardholders to receive their new card in 24 hours or less, even when on the move, anywhere in the world.

Gemalto has launched a new credit card technology that enables banks to offer their clients a single card with both payment and increased security for online transactions.

Users activate the card’s online secure password by pressing a special button on the surface of the card. The card generates digital code that can be used for one-time authorization. Thus, customers enters this unique and non-reusable numeric code on a Web page apart from their user name and password.

The new Gemalto Ezio product is immediately available in the United States.

According to the latest report of VeriFone Systems, Inc., a provider of secure electronic payment solutions, the company has partnered Gemalto to jointly pursue new chip card solutions based on the global EMV payment standard. Also it is expected that VeriFone will buy Gemalto's point of sale (POS) solutions business, and Gemalto will become the preferred supplier of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) wireless modules and related solutions for VeriFone payment systems.

A digital security company Gemalto has been selected by Japanese mobile communications provider KDDI to provide its User Identity Module (UIM) cards and Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for their Near-Field Communication (NFC) program.
Within the period of May to December 2010 participants of the pilot program will be able to test various types of NFC payment services including mobile payments, transportation services, e-driver’s licenses, e-ticketing, as well as information acquisition from smart posters.

The leading provider of digital security Gemalto has announced about receiving MasterCard accreditation for its Gemalto Consulting Services.

Thus and so, Gemalto appeared to become the first digital security company to join the MasterCard M/Chip Accredited Third Party program.

As it has become known today, Gemalto has been chosen by the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) to deliver the first US issued, globally compliant microprocessor payment card.

MasterCard has unveiled its plans to test Gemalto miniature card that is supposed to be inserted into mobile phone SIMs that will let handsets be turned into contactless payments devices. This system represents the first of its kind conforming to the Single Wire Protocol as endorsed by the GSMA.

Gemalto has launched its World Traveler program, which includes a globally accepted dual interface EMV payment microprocessor card and complete issuance service for U.S. banks and card issuers.

Under the program US banks and card issuers will be provided with a complete end-to-end portfolio of service offerings including return on investment (ROI) and technical consulting to ensure a quick and easy introduction of this product to their top tier customers.

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. 

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 business recovery planning services. Gemalto’s strong track record in delivering end-to-end solutions for financial institutions will help the company meet the bank’s requirements.

Gemalto, a smart card supplier, will book an exceptional charge of up to EUR10 million in its 2009 results. The charge comes to cover financial claims stemming from a Y2K-related coding error that rendered millions of German payment cards unable to process the 2010 date-change.

As a result of the glitch as many as 30 million payment card users were unable to use their cards in cash machines and eftpos terminals across the country. German customers traveling overseas were also hit.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that Banca Intesa in Serbia has selected its Ezio Classic reader to secure e-commerce services. Banca Intesa, the leading financial institution in Serbia, is part of Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s strongest banking group, the fifth largest bank in euro zone in terms of market capitalization and one of the top 15 banks in the world. The reader will allow users to make online purchases with the security level guaranteed by the EMV banking card.

Gemalto,  the world leader in digital security and XIRING, a leader in smart card based strong authentication solutions for e-banking and e-commerce, today announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations with the objective to complete the acquisition by Gemalto of the XIRING banking activity.