Santander, MasterCard and Gemalto achieve largest deployment of contactless EMV cards in South America
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
More than one million contactless EMV cards deployed in a year and growing
Amsterdam, February 11, 2015 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world
leader in digital security, announces it has deployed more than one million
Optelio contactless EMV cards in a year for Banco Santander Brasil, through
Santander Universities. These University Smart Cards (USC) are issued to
universities in Brazil with agreements with Banco Santander and represent the
largest deployment of its kind in South America. The Gemalto Santander solution
combines the security of EMV with the speed and convenience of contactless
transactions using MasterCard® PayPass(TM) features. It also offers a range of
features including digital ID for access to university facilities, as well as a
variety of everyday features and student services, while eliminating the hassle
and risk of carrying multiple cards and cash.
Students at PUC-Campinas (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas) one of
the most prestigious universities in Brazil, were among the most recent adopters
of Gemalto's contactless technology. The multi-application card allows students
- who are also, optionally, Santander's customers - to access their bank
accounts and make low-value purchases by simply waving their card in front of a
contactless reader. Brazil has the world's second largest contactless payment
network, with around 1.5 million NFC-ready terminals scattered throughout the
country. Students are also eligible for exclusive discounts at participating
bookstores, restaurants and study centers. There are more than 3 million
Santander University Smart Cards in Brazil, which demonstrates the success of
the project, already used by more than 7.9 million users at 302 universities in
12 countries worldwide.
"Our long-standing partner, Gemalto, helped us create a culture of trust in
contactless technology built upon smart cards that offer a seamless path for
migration to NFC implementations in the future as the marketplace is ready for
adoption," said Vicente Prior, Director Products and Channels, Santander
Universities. "Gemalto's local presence helps us quickly deliver and provision
cards as well as activate banking features onto existing University Smart Cards
creating a path for launching additional technologies that can be leveraged for
all Santander customers."
"University Smart Card is an important tool for financial inclusion for young
people, as well as a technology enabler to academic activities," said Marcelo
Tangioni, Products Vice President at MasterCard Brazil and South Cone. "The
student already has an extremely busy life and he needs useful tools that make
his daily tasks simpler. These cards provide a great support at the beginning of
the student's financial life."
"Millions of secure University Smart Cards are already activated and growing
every day across Brazilian university campuses," said Diego Schpilberg, Senior
Vice-President of Secure Transactions for Latin America at Gemalto. "Students
love the new technology because it simplifies campus life and payments while
improving security, giving Santander the opportunity to start building brand
loyalty early, with many first time bank users."
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 (at)gemalto on Twitter.
Gemalto media contacts:
Nicole Williams Peggy Edoire Vivian Liang
North America Europe & CIS
+1 512 758 8921 +33 4 42 36 45 40 +86 1059373046
nicole.williams(at)gemalto.com peggy.edoire(at)gemalto.com vivian.liang(at)gemalto.com
Ernesto Haikewitsch Kristel Teyras Pierre Lelievre
Latin America Middle East & Africa Asia Pacific
+55 11 5105 9220 +33 1 55 01 57 89 +65 6317 3802
ernesto.haikewitsch(at)gemalto.com kristel.teyras(at)gemalto.com pierre.lelievre(at)gemalto.com
About Santander Universities
Banco Santander, through Santander Universities, issues the University Smart
Card (USC), in conjunction with 302 academic institutions. Santander
Universities (www.santander.com/universities) centers the bank's social actions
since 1996, maintaining around 1,200 agreements with universities and research
centers worldwide, and has invested more than 1,000 million euros to various
initiatives and university projects
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