Thursday December 11, 03:06 PM
Gemalto Provides Combined Innovative Identity and Payment Card Technology for Santander Universities Global Division in Brazil |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands and Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, December 11, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) --
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced it is
providing Banco Santander with innovative technology for its university
identity card program. It is Brazil’s first multi-functional smart
card combining EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) payment and
contactless access control on a single ID card, to be used within the
university buildings – for students, teachers and staff. Gemalto
delivers the cards to the universities and personalizes each card with
the cardholder’s unique data at its personalization center in Barueri,
São Paulo.
The Gemalto card can be used for a wide variety of services and
applications. For instance, students have the option to use their card
as a Banco Santander EMV debit card, benefiting from the ongoing EMV
migration in Brazil.
Unicamp was first to join in the Santander University program with cards
for the EMV payment functionality. Anhanguera will be first to use the
new multi-functional card. Santander University Division has already
started distributing the cards to Anhanguera Campus, in Valinhos (São
Paulo).
With this program, the bank expects that more than 100,000 students will
have Gemalto´s cards by the end of 2008. At Anhanguera University, the
contactless card enables more secure access to buildings such as
libraries and labs, where it will replace the barcode system and
magnetic stripe. Students can use a single card to check out books from
the library and to pay at their cafeteria, for photocopy and for other
student expenses.
“Gemalto is the partner that enables our university program, with
this unique product,” commented Samuelson Drumond,
University
Card Manager for Santander in Brazil. ”It opens up an array of
options to differentiate the university in the service provision to
students. Besides complying to the current universities’ technology, the
card also allows for a technological leap.”
“Santander is opening up many possibilities by offering Gemalto’s
smart card, because the universities can customize the cards with the
mix of applications that best fits their students’ needs”, states
Luis Cohen, Gemalto´s Director for the Finance Market for the South
Cone. “In addition to more secure access control to campus buildings
and facilities, other functionalities could include loyalty programs
that give students points or discounts when they use certain services,
or payment programs such as pre-paid credits for expenses.”
Other possible new applications include digital signature, integration
with public transportation secure storage of data, and secure access to
university computer networks. The contactless functionality can even be
used to register class attendance, eliminating the need for professors
to spend time calling out the attendance sheets.
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the leader in digital
security with pro forma 2007 annual revenues of over €1.6 billion,
more than 85 offices in 40 countries and about 10,000 employees
including 1,300 R&D engineers. In a world where the digital revolution
is increasingly transforming our lives, Gemalto’s solutions are designed
to make personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and
enjoyable.
Gemalto provides end-to-end solutions for digital security, from the
development of software applications, through the design and production
of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and
tokens to the deployment of managed services for its customers. More
than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services
for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity
management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security,
mass transit and many other applications.
As the use of Gemalto’s software and secure devices increases with the
number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the
company is poised to thrive over the coming years. For more information,
please visit www.gemalto.com
About Santander Universities program: international support to
education
Supporting higher education is the main social responsibility focus of
Santander Group, which has partnership with 700 universities around the
world and more than 260 partners in Brazil. Since Santander Universities
was created in 1996, the bank invested more than a billion reais (the
Brazilian currency) in initiatives to support education around the
world. Until 2010, 10,000 national and international scholarships will
be given away to enhance Brazilian university students and professor´s
education in different disciplines. Besides the scholarships and the
digital spaces, another important iniciative of the institution is the
granting of Santander Entrepreneurship and Science and Innovation
Awards, encouraging academic researches.
For more information, please visit: www.santanderuniversidades.com.br
> Instituições de Ensino Superior (Higher Education Institutions; site
in Brazilian Portuguese).
CONTACTS :
Gemalto
Natalia Fakhri
Mktg & Communication Director LATAMN
atalia.fakhri@gemalto.com
Tel: (+ 55 21) 3431 3935
or
Firstcom
Roberto Constante
Acc.DirectorRoberto@firstcom.com.br
Tel:(+5511) 8111 6700
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