04-03-2008 - Bell ID Signs New Banking Customer in Canada

Rotterdam - 26th March 2008 - Bell ID, worldwide technology leader in the field of smart card management solutions, today announced that it will be providing a full EMV solution for managing over two million cards, to a major Canadian financial institution.

04-03-2008 - MULTOS stakeholders escalate their investment

Three of the founding members of the MULTOS consortium, Keycorp, Hitachi, and Mondex International Ltd, today announced an escalation in their investment in the MULTOS multi-application smart card assets, by acquiring from StepNexus Holdings Inc. the United Kingdom operations: StepNexus Limited and MAOSCO Limited, along with additional intellectual property rights and registered patents.

05-12-2008 - Banrisul is recognised at the OSCAs

OSCA Ceremony, CTST, Orlando, FL - May 12, 2008

Banrisul, a bank in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, was awarded runner-up position in the Latin American Issuing Organisation category at the OSCA (Oustanding Smart Card Achievement) awards on May 12th in Orlando. The award recognised their innovative project that combines a private-label EMV application with Brazil's national PKI scheme on a single MULTOS multi-application smart card.

The OSCA awards are organised by the Smart Card Alliance and recognise individuals and organisations that have significantly impacted and influenced the market for smart cards in North and Latin America. For further information, visit the Smart Card Alliance OSCA Awards page.

09-02-2008 - Gemalto acquires MULTOS business from Keycorp

Gemalto acquires Multos business from Keycorp

Amsterdam, September 2nd, 2008 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 - GTO), the world leader in digital security, today confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Keycorp’s smart card business, the leading fabless provider of MULTOS™ products and services to the Financial Services and Government sectors, and of Multos Ltd, the company that operates the remote activation service and high-security facility that is at the center of the MULTOS security architecture. Gemalto is paying 25.7 million Australian dollars (approximately 15 million Euros, or 22 million US dollars) for Keycorp’s smartcard business assets, IP portfolio, trademarks and Multos Ltd.

09-24-2008 - Secure Services Corp. Announces Breakthrough in Smart Card and Biometric Authentication Technology

SHAPE Card™ Biometric Match-on-Card Using MULTOS OS
Fast Fact: SSC’s SHAPE Card™ is a smart card using both Match-on-Card biometric fingerprint verification and the MULTOS™ operating system.
Fast Fact: Smart card technology enhances both control and privacy while allowing for secure information access and data mobility.

Downer Grove, Illinois, September 24, 2008–Secure Services Corporation (SSC) announced they have developed the SHAPE Card™, a smart card employing biometric Match-on-Card (MOC) algorithms and using the MULTOS operating system. The SHAPE Card uses MULTOS, recognized for being the most robust and reliable secure smart card platform in the world. The addition of the biometric Match-on-Card verifies the user's identity, adding to the overall security of the smart card and any applications linked to the card. "We believe that we have one of the only–if not the only–smart cards using both the MULTOS operating system and employing Match-on-Card technology," said Lester H. Keepper Jr., SSC's Chairman and CEO. "And, we know that our SHAPE Card solution is so economical that it allows this advanced technology to be dispersed widely wherever security and privacy are concerns."