PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., March 2, 2010–The Smart Card Alliance Latin America Chapter (SCALA) today announced its 2010 executive committee including new Chair Fernando Mendez of Visa, Inc. The executive committee leads the organization’s advisory board.

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ, March 2, 2010–Smart Card Alliance América Latina (SCALA), por si siglas en inglés, anunció hoy su comité ejecutivo para el 2010, incluyendo el nuevo presidente, Fernando Méndez de Visa, Inc. El comité ejecutivo lidera el consejo de asesores de la organización.

January 8, 2010, Waltham MA, USA–GET Group is pleased to announce that The United States Department of State has extended its contract with GET Groups US partner, Trans Digital Technologies Corporation (TDT), a wholly owned subsidiary of L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (L1), to continue to provide Toppan Passport printers, parts, consumables and support services for the US digital passport program for an additional term up to 5 years.

October 18, 2009, Waltham MA, USA–GET Group is pleased to announce that it successfully introduced its new eP600 ePassport printer at the recent ICAO Passport Symposium held in Montreal, Canada in September 2009.

June 24, 2009, Waltham MA, USA–Global Enterprise Technologies Corp. (GET Group), a world leader in Passport and ID issuing solutions, announced today that its passport issuing solution has been selected by the Government of the Republic of Malawi for the next generation of Malawian passports. GET Group will be providing a fully integrated turnkey passport issuing system incorporating state-of-the-art biometric enrollment, issuing software, and Toppan digital passport printers. Malawi is the 6th country in Africa to put its trust in GET Groups passport and ID personalization technology, and this award reaffirms GET Groups commitment to the region.

February 2, 2009, Waltham MA, USA–Mr. Gary Christelis, President and CEO of GET Groups Passport and ID Division, announced on February 2, 2009, that Mr. Vincent A. Tenaglia has joined its Passport and ID Division as the Regional Director of Sales Operations - Latin America to expand GET Groups presence in the Latin American and Caribbean markets. Mr. Tenaglia, an industry professional with over 20 years experience, will carry out sales and business development operations in the Latin America and Caribbean regions for GET Groups highly successful line of passport and ID solutions, now deployed in more than 20 countries, including the United States of America and Canada. Mr. Tenaglia will operate from both GET Groups Waltham office and from Miami to better serve the market.

Chantilly, VA, January 14, 2010–Oberthur Technologies, the world’s second largest provider of smart card based solutions, has acquired the payment card personalization assets of Dyetron S.A., a provider of smart card-based technology solutions for the transportation, communications, government and financial sectors.

Executivo chega à empresa com a finalidade de alavancar novas oportunidades na área de Identificação e Gerenciamento de Acesso

A Sagem Orga, empresa do grupo francês SAFRAN e um dos maiores fabricantes de smart cards da América Latina, anuncia a chegada de Anderson Xavier como novo gerente de vendas para o mercado de IAM–Identity Access Management & ID.

Organizações realizarão um Webinar para discutir estes resultados

Cartes & Identification, Villepinte, France, November 17, 2009–A redução de fraudes em pagamentos financeiros é o principal motivo para os emissores e compradores adotarem EMV/chip no Brasil e no México, de acordo com nova pesquisa da Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA), realizada em conjunto com Visa Inc., à venda hoje. Outros resultados importantes: os entrevistados neste estudo também foram motivados a adotar cartões EMV/chip para se posicionarem como inovadores e líderes de tecnologia, e esperam conseguir uma migração para EMV/chip de 100% dos seus portfólios de cartões de crédito e de débito dentro de um a cinco anos.

Organizaciones realizarán Webinars (seminario vía web) para discutir hallazgos

Cartes & Identification, Villepinte, Francia, November 17, 2009–La reducción de fraude en pagos financieros es el principal impulsor para que los emisores y adquirientes adopten chips EMV en Brasil y México, según un nuevo estudio de Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA), producido en participación con Visa Inc., disponible para la venta hoy. Otros hallazgos importantes: los encuestados también están motivados a adoptar las tarjetas con chip EMV para posicionarse como innovadores y líderes de tecnología, pues todos esperan que el cien por cien de sus portafolios de tarjetas de crédito y débito migren a chip EMV dentro de uno a cinco años.