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Banco Santander deploys NFC services on microSD with advanced solution from Gemalto


Breakthrough radio technology innovation provides the long-awaited distance and speed capability for proximity interactions to this NFC-capable object category(image: KobizMedia)

Breakthrough radio technology innovation provides the long-awaited distance and speed capability for proximity interactions to this NFC-capable object category(image: KobizMedia)

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Amsterdam, Mar 31, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - Gemalto, the world leader in digital security,  announces that Banco Santander, through its Santander Universities Global  Division, is issuing the Optelio Contactless microSD  solution in Spain, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, as part of their University Smart Card program. The application is now live  at a number of universities, and participating students, teachers and other  personnel are able to use their mobile phones for everyday tasks such as  building access, and as an ePurse to make payments in canteens. Banco Santander  is also adding the mobile payment option integrated with its own mobile payment  wallet, and is planning to use the NFC-capable microSD to deploy a wide range of  services such as mobile transportation ticketing.

This innovation builds on the success of Banco  Santander’s University Smart Card program, which is already used by more  than 7.1 million people, in over 270 universities across 12 countries. Gemalto’s  complete solution encompasses the personalization, issuance and fulfillment  services, the microSD card, and the multi-service wallet framework necessary for  Banco Santander to create its own mobile app.

Recognized as the most advanced product of its  type on the market, Gemalto’s Optelio Contactless microSD  now incorporates 4GB of memory space for users to store personal data such as  photos and videos, and provides seamless support for MIFARE ticketing  applications. Gemalto’s innovation also highlights a major breakthrough in radio  technology, with enhanced RF signal transmission that ensures optimum  performance across the widest possible range of phone handsets and operating  environments.

“With Gemalto’s microSD technology, students  benefit from the speed and convenience of an NFC mobile phone, without needing  an NFC-ready handset,” said Vicente Prior, Director Products and Channels,  Santander Universities. “It offers a fast-to-deploy option to  deliver a host of mobile contactless services to our end users and help them  become more accustomed to this new way of completing  transactions.”

“The University Smart Card  program is going mobile and this new step will enable students to enjoy  contactless services with the rich features of a mobile app, as well as offering  the ability to expand to include further  innovative services in the  future,” added Frédéric Vasnier, Executive Vice President Embedded Software  and Products at Gemalto. “The new device is part of Gemalto’s  broader range of secure elements designed to meet each customer’s specific needs  in a diversified global market. It complements the  existing portfolio of security solutions for mobile contactless services, based  on SIMs and embedded secure elements.”

Gemalto and Banco  Santander will present this innovative solution at the 2nd International Congress of  the University Smart Card in Murcia, Spain on April 10th 2014, giving around 200  participants representing universities from 12 different countries the  opportunity to use and experience all the features of the new  microSD.

About  Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the  world leader in digital security with 2013 annual revenues of €2.4 billion  and more than 12,000 employees operating out of 85 offices and 25 research and  software development centers, located in 44 countries.

We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving  digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to  communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in  ways that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for  personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud access, identity  and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency, convenient  ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. We develop  secure embedded software and secure products which we design and personalize.  Our platforms and services manage these products, the confidential data they  contain and the trusted end-user services made possible.

Our innovations enable our clients to offer  trusted and convenient digital services to billions of individuals.   Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to  interact with the digital and wireless world.

For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.

Source: Gemalto NV (via ACN Newswire/Korea Bizwire)

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