SMARTCON is a provider of EMV products and expertise to customers in the financial services sector in Brazil and worldwide. Their innovative iEMV card application is licensed by banks and payment networks who wish to deliver a complete ‘private label’, EMV-powered payment system. iEMV is based on the latest EMV specifications and includes many features that permit Issuers to define and deploy their own unique payment scheme requirements in areas such as card risk management. SMARTCON also delivers software and systems for EMV card acceptance, including a pre-certified EMV kernel for payment terminals and ATMs. Their product range also includes software libraries for integration into Issuer authorisation systems, to ensure Issuers can properly process chip-enabled transactions and take full advantage of the security of the EMV scheme.

As Brazil has a well-developed national PKI infrastructure (“ICP-Brasil”), enabling legally-binding digital signatures generated by smart cards, customers deploying iEMV can also deploy SMARTCON’s PKI application for secure digital signature alongside the payment application on a single MULTOS card. SMARTCON also delivers the PC middleware to support the on-card PKI application. SMARTCON has been delivering MULTOS solutions to major Brazillian customers since 2004.

Joining as a Professional Partner member, SMARTCON may participate in the full range of consortium activities including the MULTOS Business and Technical Advisory Groups and will contribute their expertise in EMV and PKI to the future development of the MULTOS technology.

“Although we have been involved with MULTOS for years now, we are excited to join the consortium as a formal partner. We believe MULTOS is the most secure smart card operating system for electronic payment applications and we are keen to be able to collaborate with our feedback on how to improve the specifications in the future, as well as to help promote MULTOS as a global standard”, says Daniel F. Nunes de Oliveira, SMARTCON’s Business Development Director.

Alan Johnson, Technical Director of The MULTOS Consortium, comments “SMARTCON has been assisting the deployment of private-label EMV, PKI and MULTOS to customers in Brazil for many years and have a wealth of experience delivering the most innovative multi-application card experience that combine EMV payments, national PKI and other applications. They have demonstrated many innovations in payment technology, such as replacing the PIN with match-on-card fingerprint verification. Such advances are only possible due to their deep understanding and knowledge of both EMV and MULTOS. On behalf of the consortium, I welcome SMARTCON to the membership and we hope to share their innovative products and expertise, developed in Brazil but with global scope and significance, to MULTOS’ customers and partners around the world.”

Contact:
SMARTCON Representative: Daniel F. Nunes de Oliveira Email: daniel.oliveira@smartcon.com.br
The MULTOS Consortium Representative: Natsuko Callan Email: natsuko.callan@multos.com

About SMARTCON
Founded in 2004, Smartcon Consultoria Ltda (SMARTCON®) offers customized and innovative solutions for the financial and ID markets, including independent (private-label) EMV for non-VISA and non-MasterCard issuers, biometric-enhanced PKI solutions, EMV Level II software for ATM terminals, POS and PIN Pads and full-grade EMV authorization libraries for Authorization Servers.

For additional information, call +55 51 3221 4879 or visit SMARTCON’s website at www.smartcon.com.br

About MULTOS:
MULTOS is the most robust, industry-backed smart card platform delivering simplicity and innovation to the world’s leading issuers. With more than 150 million issued smart cards across 40 countries, MULTOS is overseen and provided by a consortium of smart card and silicon manufacturers, payment schemes, card management system providers and integrators. A range of applications including payment, authentication, digital identity, biometrics, loyalty and contactless ticketing may securely co-reside on a MULTOS powered chip. For further information, visit www.multos.com