Contactless Cards (2007)

http://www.mastercardworldwide.com

MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes approximately 14 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial institution customers and merchants. Through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®, MasterCard Worldwide serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information go to www.mastercardworldwide.com

http://www.gemalto.com

Gemalto is a world leader in digital security. We provide end-to-end digital security solutions, from the development of software applications through design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-Passports and tokens to the management of deployment services for our customers. More than a billion people worldwide use our products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-Government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.

Gemalto delivers secure personal devices, platforms and services, through innovation and collaboration, enabling its clients to offer trusted and convenient digital services to billions of individuals.

http://www.gi-de.com

Giesecke & Devrient is a leading supplier of smart cards and cutting-edge system solutions that meet international standards and individual customer requirements. Card systems developed by G&D have been implemented in successful applications throughout the world in the fields of telecommunications, electronic payments, transport, health care, identity, multimedia, access control and Internet security (PKI).

http://www.insidecontactless.com

INSIDE is uniquely positioned as the only fabless semiconductor company solely dedicated to the advancement of contactless technology, leveraging one of the industry’s largest intellectual property portfolios. Through strategic emphasis in Contactless Payments and Near Field Communications (NFC), INSIDE has been on a rapid growth track over the past two years with more than 12M chips delivered for contactless payment cards in the US market and a dominant position in driving NFC standardization and pilot deployments. For more information, www.insidecontactless.com.

http://www.nxp.com/

NXP is a newly independent semiconductor company (founded by Philips) with a fifty-year history of providing engineers and designers with semiconductors and software that deliver better sensory experiences for mobile communications, consumer electronics, security applications, contactless payment and connectivity, and in-car entertainment and networking.

http://www.oberthurcs.com

With sales of 524.0 million Euros in 2006 and commercial presence across all five continents, Oberthur Card Systems is one of the world’s leading providers of card-based solutions including payment cards, SIM and multi-application smart cards as well as services ranging from consulting to personalization.

Innovative products, security expertise and high quality services ensure Oberthur Card Systems’ strong positioning in its main target markets Payment & Services (with a leading position in Contactless Payment), Mobile Communications, Identity, Multimedia and Transit.

For more information, visit www.oberthurcs.com

http://www.verisoft.com

VERISOFT is a solution provider specializing in end to end EMV solutions.

Solution range includes transactions switches to card management systems which are fully EMV compliant.

PowerEMV and InstantEMV personalisation solutions for central and distributed issuance of EMV cards have been installed at 22 locations at 17 countries. These systems support all leading embossers and printers in the world and can be used to personalize multiapplication EMV cards from all leading card vendors in native and multiapplication platforms such as Multos and Java GP.

Verisoft is working on various contactless projects such as Garanti PayPass Watches from LAKS which is the first such payment watch project in EU and automated parking systems of Istanbul and Ankara Airports where you can pay with PayPass cards and watches. Another project is the Coca-Cola vending system where contactless PayPass and standard EMV chip and PIN cards can be used to for buying cold drinks.

ClubTOTAL is a major contactless solution for loyalty from Verisoft with 500.000 cards using Mifare contactless card for TOTAL petrol chain usable at 500 stations.

Verisoft also supplied EMV terminal field testing kits to Visa International.

http://www.welcome-rt.com

Welcome is the leader in card marketing enhancements that create added value at the moment of payment. Welcome adds value to the traditional payment transaction through an enhanced payment experience that provides benefits to cardholders, retailers and financial institutions. Welcome’s technology drives credit and debit card programs in 21 countries across the globe and has received industry awards such as the ROI of the Year Award by The Banker magazine (2004) and the Frost & Sullivan Industry Innovation & Advancement Leadership Award (2006).Welcome is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, with offices and R&D facilities in Singapore, London, Milan, Madrid, Miami and Sao Paulo. For more information, visit: www.welcome-rt.com