Citibank Customers Use Open JavaCard Based Multi Application Cards; First reference of JavaCard using 'best of breed' Gemplus and IBM implementation.GEMENOS, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Gemplus(R), the world's leading provider of smart card based solutions, announced today delivery of 20,000 Gemplus smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. to Citibank customers in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . This is the first fully operational banking card system using the JavaCard Open Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . "This first operational implementation of JavaCard only three months after the announcement of GemXpresso 210, demonstrates the maturity of this technology and how fast applications can be developed using it," said Sami Baghdadi, vice-president, multi application solution integration groups. "Gemplus has invested in this technology for several years, launching the first JavaCard pilot ever with Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank (LSE: STAN, HKSE: 2888 ) is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in more than fifty countries. It operates a network of over 1,600 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) and employs almost 60,000 in 1998. Now, with Citibank's roll out of a fully operational JavaCard system, the dream of the Java Open Operating system for multi-application cards has arrived. The Citibank system confirms the GemXpresso 210 as the industry's leading product." The application launched by Citibank in Hong-Kong, in association with SHKP SHKP Sherbimi Kombetar i Punes (Albanian: National Service of Labour) (Sun Hung Kai Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (新鴻基) (HKSE: 0086 ) is a listed corporation based in Hong Kong. The company is controlled by the 3 Kwok brothers, whose father, Kwok Tak Seng, founded the company. Collectively, they speak for 43. Properties), is based on banking cards with contactless application for access control to buildings, and a contact application including VisaCash Purse and loyalty. "The card provides flexibility and a cost-effective way to respond quickly to customers' needs," said Dan Chan, Citibank vice president, new development marketing. "The innovative, convenient and value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. payment services were made possible through timely deployment of 'best of breed' Gemplus and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Java Card A smart card that contains Java applets. Several applets can be stored in the card, and new ones can be added after issuance to the customer. See Java. technology." As a result of a cooperation agreement between Gemplus and IBM, IBM Javacard technology merged with Gemplus Javacard technology to produce the "best of breed" Javacard implementation: the Gemplus GemXpresso (TM) 210 range. The smart card used in the Citibank project is GemXpresso 210 PK featuring public key cryptography An encryption method that uses a two-part key: a public key and a private key. To send an encrypted message to someone, you use the recipient's public key, which can be sent to you via regular e-mail or made available on any public Web site or venue. . Moreover, the VisaCash applet has been provided by IBM Research and certified by Visa. "We are proud to see the IBM Research JavaCard technology and applications being used in this major JavaCard rollout "said Dave McQueeney, director of IBM's Zurich Research laboratory, the birthplace of the IBM JavaCard. IBM research is committed to the success of the JavaCard technology." In their advanced business models, issuers want to run different applications on their smart card. These applications can be developed and integrated by various parties, added, deleted or modified during the whole card life cycle. Based on the JavaCard specification, GemXpresso cards make it easy and secure. About Gemplus: Gemplus S.C.A. (www.gemplus.com) is the world's leading provider of plastic and smart card-based solutions (by units sold, source: Dataquest 1998). Gemplus sells magnetic stripe cards, memory and microprocessor-based smart cards, smart contactless cards, electronic tags and smart objects. The company designs and markets software, development tools and readers. Gemplus also provides consulting, training and personalization services to deliver the industry's most comprehensive and flexible card-based solutions to its developers, distributors, partners, and customers. With sales of over $US648 million in 1998, Gemplus employs more than 4,300 people in 10 manufacturing facilities, 5 R&D centers and 41 sales and marketing offices located in 27 countries around the world. Founded in 1988, Gemplus has successfully implemented portable and secure smart card-based solutions to simplify applications such as public and wireless communications, financial transactions, loyalty, transportation, education, healthcare, identity, physical access control, pay TV, electronic commerce, Internet security, logical access control and information technology. Note to Editors: Gemplus is a registered trademark. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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