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Date Posted: 13:06:56 01/12/03 Sun Posted by: Walt Jan 12 2003 11:10:55:357AM Reply to post # by Go to Post # Previous Respond Message List Next Europay International, headquartered in Waterloo, Belgium, is the European banks' leading provider of personal payment and related services. For more information, visit HTEC Ltd: Barrie Brinkman, managing director of HTEC, part of Card Clear Pie, comments: "HTEC is very pleased to give full support to this structure. By providing an open smart card framework, HTEC has the opportunity to combine its customer loyalty schemes with other applications, such as payment products, access control and membership identification. It also opens the way forward to combine services from multiple providers on a single card. The ability to enable several applications to co-exist addresses the consumer desire to carry fewer cards, ensuring the early success of this next generation of card technology." HTEC Ltd is the largest provider of loyalty systems in Europe. Responsible for the processing of over 1 billion loyalty transactions per year, HTEC offers the total "one stop shop" for customer loyalty, from polling, to database analysis, installation and maintenance. Visit IBM: "This is an important development in the evolution of multi-application smart cards. It focuses attention on the information element of business solutions, which is essential, rather than the historical focus on smart card technology," said Jerry Smith, smart card opportunity manager for IBM North America. "This file structure establishes a critical standard and enables the interoperability needed to unleash the potential of smart card technology, particularly in the T&E industries. The formation of this consortium will allow broad industry support for protecting the file structure as an open standard." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 17 IBM's Global Travel and Transportation Industry Solutions unit provides a broad range of products, services and integrated solutions to airlines, airports, hotels and other travel-related services. Additionally, IBM places specific focus on building smart card solutions and e-business/e-commerce solutions across many industries. MasterCard International: "MasterCard is pleased to work with other smart card leaders to develop an industry-wide standard for T&E applications on smart cards," said Mike Harris, VP of Chip Delivery at MasterCard International. "This is another example of MasterCard's strategy to help member financial institutions take advantage of the superior power of the MULT0S chip technology to deliver value-added smart card solutions." MasterCard International has the most comprehensive portfolio of payment brands in the world. With 23,000 member financial institutions, serving consumers in 220 countries and territories, MasterCard is the industry leader in quality and innovation. Visit Microsoft Corp.: "American Express' multiple application file structure is an outstanding example of what will strengthen the smart card industry," said Mike Dusche, director of smart card marketing at Microsoft. "This file structure allows customers to gain confidence in the long term viability of smart card solutions, since it enhances the interoperability between different manufacturers." Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each, designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day. Orga Card Systems: "The advent of the smart card multiple application structure represents a significant step forward in the realization of truly interoperable card-enabled applications. The creation of this object-oriented smart card framework makes the current hype and rhetoric on 'Smart Card platforms' a mute point," said Gerald W. Smith, Director of New Business Applications, Orga Card Systems. "Orga is extremely excited over the prospect of utilizing American Express' groundbreaking smart card-based file structure in the development of innovative travel and entertainment applications for our growing customer base around the world," said Siegfried Eichinger, President, Orga Card Systems. Orga Card Systems, the North American subsidiary of Orga Kartensysteme GmbH Germany, has been a pioneer in the development of microprocessor-based smart card technology since 1985. Application areas include: health care, telecommunications, retail/loyalty, banking and e-commerce. Orga enjoys a worldwide presence. Proton World: Armand Linkens, Managing Director of Proton World said: "We welcome this development from our shareholder, American Express, who already holds a worldwide license for the Proton multiple-application smart card technology. Proton World has licensed the American Express travel & entertainment file structure to integrate it into the Proton technology platform, and to allow issuers of Proton-based cards to add travel and entertainment to the multiple applications already available, including e-purse, security access, loyalty, telephony, public transport and secure Internet payments. This extra convenience for cardholders represents increased added-value for issuers, and strengthens the attractiveness of the Proton offering in these rapidly-developing key market sectors." Proton World was created by major smart card players (American Express, Banksys, ERG, Interpay and Visa International) to give a boost to common smart card and electronic purses standards. Proton World continues the development and licensing of Proton smart card applications. Visit Sun Microsystems: "We are committed to providing developers with the best Java technology solutions for the smart card industry," said Patrice Peyret, Director, Sun Microsystems Consumer and Embedded. "Java Card technology provides developers with enhanced productivity, security, robustness, tools, and portability for smart card applications. We will continue to meet the needs of the card industry by supporting industry standards, such as American Express' smart card multiple application framework." 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