Visa to launch contactless payment wristbands at Eurovision contest in collaboration with Gemalto
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Amsterdam, May 10, 2016 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader
in digital security, is collaborating with Visa, one of the world's largest
payment providers, to equip visitors at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with
contactless payment wristbands. Gemalto's solution for Visa encompasses
personalization, packaging and fulfilment of the contactless wristbands, and
utilizes its Allynis Smart Event Platform for the prepaid payment program and
event management.
The Visa contactless wristbands will be part of Visa Europe's official ESC
sponsorship, which will be made available for purchase at the Eurovision Village
in Stockholm, Sweden, in the week leading up to the Contest. Eurovision Song
Contest expects to attract up to 65,000 visitors providing a contactless
experience and culminates in a Grand Finale at the Globe Arena on May 14(th)
drawing an estimated TV audience of 200 million.
Gemalto's integrated solution ensures that Visa will be able to showcase
contactless experiences, including shopping without carrying cash or payment
cards. Gemalto has provided a responsive website that enables access to real-
time account information including prepaid balances and history. The wristbands
can be used to make payments at any Visa ready contactless POS terminal in the
world and continue to be active after the show is over until 31(st) October
2016.
The Allynis Smart Event Platform can be employed in conjunction with any payment
form factor, including wearables and mobile NFC, and provides off-the-shelf
management of payment, data and access rights as well as an extensive portfolio
of white label applications. The full solution supports a rich array of features
including 'tap and go' payments, seamless access management to venues and
hospitality areas, and many other value-added applications. It improves and
secures the visitor experience, and enables organizers and other stakeholders to
implement intelligent communication, marketing and loyalty programs that run
before, during and after live events.
"At this year's event, Visa is creating a new contactless payments experience
for fans and visitors of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016," said Christina Lind,
Country Manager Visa Europe Sweden. "Together with Gemalto we are taking a big
step into the future of payments and the launch of contactless in Sweden."
"Gemalto's support for Visa Europe at Eurovision 2016 demonstrates how the live
event ecosystem is ideally suited to an extended NFC experience," said Philippe
Cambriel, President for Europe, Mediterranean and CIS at Gemalto. "Our end-to-
end Smart Event service makes it easy to look beyond contactless payments and
embrace additional functions such as access, visitor entitlements and data
management."
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the global leader in digital security,
with 2015 annual revenues of ?3.1 billion and customers in over 180 countries.
We bring trust to an increasingly connected world.
Our technologies and services enable businesses and governments to authenticate
identities and protect data so they stay safe and enable services in personal
devices, connected objects, the cloud and in between.
Gemalto's solutions are at the heart of modern life, from payment to enterprise
security and the internet of things. We authenticate people, transactions and
objects, encrypt data and create value for software - enabling our clients to
deliver secure digital services for billions of individuals and things.
Our 14,000+ employees operate out of 118 offices, 45 personalization and data
centers, and 27 research and software development centers located in 49
countries.
For more information visit www.gemalto.com or follow (at)gemalto on Twitter.
Gemalto media contacts:
Philippe Benitez Peggy Edoire Vivian Liang
North America Europe & CIS Greater China
+1 512 257 3869 +33 4 42 36 45 40 +86 1059373046
philippe.benitez(at)gemalto.com peggy.edoire(at)gemalto.com vivian.liang(at)gemalto.com
Ernesto Haikewitsch Kristel Teyras Shintaro Suzuki
Latin America Middle East & Africa Asia Pacific
+55 11 5105 9220 +33 1 55 01 57 89 +65 6317 8266
ernesto.haikewitsch(at)gemalto.com kristel.teyras(at)gemalto.com shintaro.suzuki(at)gemalto.com
Press release (PDF):
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