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Gemplus Launches EMV Migration Package for Financial Institutions
GemShare Pack and GemBanking CaseTM offer four essential components for EMV migration : cards, personalization, consulting and interactive training tool
Munich , 6 june 2001 – Gemplus, the leading provider of smart card based solutions announces the launch of GemShare Pack and GemBanking CaseTM. These two solutions are part of the full range of Gemplus' EMV migration offer.
GemShare Pack will help Europay and MasterCard member banks and card issuers to easily migrate from magnetic stripe to EMV compliant smart card technology.
GemShare Pack is a complete EMV solution complying with Europay and MasterCard's EMV specifications. It includes:
GemShare cards: EMV Debit/Credit cards based on the M/Chip lite specifications
Software for card personalization allowing banks to change the EMV parameters as well as customized data in their smart cards.
Gemplus consulting services to ensure banks and card issuers benefit from support at every step on their way to smart card migration.
GemBanking Case™ is a software environment dedicated to EMV specifications enabling banks to better understand EMV. This interactive training tool permits the visualization of all the steps of an EMV transaction with different levels of complexity. GemBanking CaseTM offers a customer-focused solution adapted to a bank's level of EMV comprehension. This tool runs on a windows platform and uses a connected smart card reader.
It contains two modules :
Payment process : this simulates an EMV terminal as well as the Issuer's server conducting a complete EMV transaction with details of every step.
GemXplorer : the content of any EMV card can be visualized in this module.
Since the beginning, Gemplus has been committed to supporting banks in their EMV migration." comments Sophie Escand, Corporate Banking marketing manager, Gemplus, "These end-to-end EMV migration solutions demonstrate this willingness, not only with smart cards, but also with the support that will make the migration easier and faster."
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About Gemplus
GEMPLUS: the world's leading smart card solutions provider
Since its creation in 1988, Gemplus International S.A.(Euronext: Sicovam 5768 and NASDAQ:GEMP) has driven the global marketing and deployment of smart card-based applications for telecommunications, financial services and e-business security.
According to the most recent third party research, Gemplus leads the industry with 35% market share by volume in memory and micro-processor cards (Gartner Dataquest, 2000)
Gemplus is instrumental throughout the value chain - chip design, card management systems, software development, and consulting - delivering integrated custom-made solutions for the security, personalization and privacy management needs of clients and partners worldwide.
Gemplus technology has played a defining role in the development of wireless telephony since the introduction of SIM cards into the GSM standard in 1990. For more than a decade, Gemplus has pioneered applications that enable network operators around the world to answer the changing needs of their customers. Gemplus was first to market with a 3G card and supplies a product range compliant with new and emerging transmission standards - 2.5G, 3G.
In 2000, revenue was 1.205 BE, up 57% from the previous year's 767ME. Net income was 99 ME. Gemplus employs more than 7800 people in 37 countries worldwide.
Since 11 December 2000, Gemplus shares have been trading on Euronext Paris S.A. First Market and on Nasdaq in the form of ADSs.
Gemplus: www.gemplus.com
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Contacts
Gemplus, Marielle Bricman
tel: 33 4 42 36 55 96
email: marielle.bricman@gemplus.com
Gemplus Americas, Tarvinder Karsandh
tel: 1 650-654-2917
email: tarvinder.karsandh@gemplus.com
Gemplus Asia, Janet Loh Tk
tel: 65 7719140
email: janet.loh-tk@gemplus.com
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