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| Subject: to manufacture and personalise Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) smartcards for Visa in Malaysia. 21/4/03 | |
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Author: Chip personalisation for Visa membersKUALA LUMPUR: VISA International said it has certified Gemcard Sdn Bhd |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 03:31:21am In reply to: extending to Nokia mobile phones. 's message, "Hong Kong's Octopus smart card/contactless/fare payments" on Wednesday, February 05, 04:18:27am http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/4/21/technology/21visa&sec=technology ----------------------------------------------------------- Chip personalisation for Visa members KUALA LUMPUR: VISA International said it has certified Gemcard Sdn Bhd to manufacture and personalise Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) smartcards for Visa in Malaysia. ----------------------------------------------------------- This would be the first EMV smartcard manufacturing and personalisation bureau for Visa members in the country, the credit card company said in a statement. ----------------------------------------------------------- A Gemcard centre began providing its services to Visa members earlier this month, enabling them to mass produce Visa EMV chip cards. ----------------------------------------------------------- Members would be able to speed up EMV card issuance and accelerate the migration process, Visa said, adding that it would also provide consultation services tailored for its members through its partner programme to help them upgrade their issuance capabilities. ----------------------------------------------------------- "Gemcard is the first bureau to be certified by Visa in Malaysia and we expect to certify additional service bureaux in quick succession," said Bruce Mansfield, regional head of chip implementation at Visa Asia Pacific (www.visa-asia.com). ----------------------------------------------------------- "This would ensure the faster rollout of EMV smartcards in Malaysia and provide an important service to Visa member banks migrating from the traditional magnetic stripe card to the new industry standard. ----------------------------------------------------------- "Given the importance of delivering EMV chip payment solutions in Malaysia, we have taken a multi-pronged approach to speed up the migration, which includes the skills training of members and the hiring of dedicated chip specialists for this market. It is also in line with the Association of Banks in Malaysia's directive to all banks to switch to EMV-based cards by 2004," he added. ----------------------------------------------------------- Gemcard is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemplus (www.gemplus.com), a leading worldwide provider of smartcard solutions. ----------------------------------------------------------- "Gemplus is committed to easing the EMV smartcard migration for Visa's member banks and payment associates. This programme has been a year in development and we are prepared to provide a complete solution, right from card manufacturing to meeting each member banks' personalisation needs," said Andrew Thio, marketing director at Gemplus. ----------------------------------------------------------- Customers using Visa smartcards would be able to use a single card for multiple secure applications including debit and credit payments, loyalty schemes, e-purse and home banking. ----------------------------------------------------------- Visa Asia Pacific aims to establish a comprehensive EMV chip infrastructure in Asia Pacific by 2008. ----------------------------------------------------------- [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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