Financial Payments Council

Representative: Diego Rodriguez

Leading Organization: Visa International Lac

Mission: To promote the understanding of the benefits using smart cards in the financial sector.

Participating Organizations: Visa, Banrisul, Hypercom, American Banknote, ASK, G&D Burti, MasterCard, Oberthur, Clear2Pay, DataCard, Sagem Orga, RedeBan Multicolor

The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) Financial Payments Council leads the discussions on the migration of the current banking infrastructure to accept and issue smart cards for secure payments. This group focuses from card issuance to network security and user benefits. This council has helped to create the first smart cards for payments and government conference in Mexico City, Mexico.

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For more information this council or how to join the alliance please contact ebetts@smartcardalliance.org.

You may also find additional financial payments information at the Contactless Payments Council on the Smart Card Alliance main site.