Endorsing Organizations List
 EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL
The European Payments Council (EPC) is the coordination and decision-making body of the European banking industry in relation to payments. The purpose of the EPC is to support and promote the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).
SEPA is an EU integration initiative in the area of payments designed to achieve the completion of the EU internal market and monetary union. SEPA is the area where citizens, companies and other economic participants can make and receive payments in euro, within Europe, whether within or across national boundaries under the same basic conditions, rights and obligations, regardless of their location. SEPA is currently defined as consisting of the EU 27 member states plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Monaco.
The EPC develops the payment schemes and frameworks necessary to realise SEPA. In particular, the EPC defines common positions for the cooperative space of payment services, provides strategic guidance for standardisation, formulates rules, best practices and standards and supports and monitors implementation of decisions taken. The EPC consists of 76 members representing banks, banking communities and payment institutions. More than 300 professionals from 32 countries are directly engaged in the work programme of the EPC, representing all sizes and sectors of the banking industry within Europe.
► For further information on the EPC please contact secretariat@europeanpaymentscouncil.eu or visit www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu |
 EUROSMART
Eurosmart is an international non-profit association located in Brussels and representing the Smart Security Industry for multi-sector applications. Founded in 1995, the association is committed to expanding the world’s Smart Secure Devices market, developing Smart Security standards and continuously improving quality and security applications.
Members are manufacturers of smart cards, semiconductors, terminals, equipment for smart cards system integrators, application developers and issuers who work into dedicated working groups (communication, marketing, security, electronic identity, new form factors, and prospect emerging markets).
Members are largely involved in political and technical initiatives as well as research and development projects at the European and international levels.
Eurosmart is acknowledged as representing "the Voice of the Smart Security Industry".
Eurosmart members are companies (Austriacard, EM Microelectronic Marin, FNMT-RCM, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon Technologies, Inside Secure, LFoundry, Morpho, NedCard, NXP Semiconductors, Oberthur Technologies, Prooftag, Renesas Electronics, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba), payment systems (GIE Cartes Bancaires, MasterCard), laboratories (CEA-LETI), research organisations (Fraunhofer Institute), associations (Smart Payment Association, Mobismart, Danish Biometrics) and independent experts (Michel Koenig, Bernard Morvant, Jonas Andersson).
► For more information, please visit www.eurosmart.com |
 GLOBALPLATFORM
GlobalPlatform is a cross industry, not-for-profit association which identifies, develops and publishes specifications which facilitate the secure and interoperable deployment and management of multiple embedded applications on secure chip technology. Its proven technical specifications are regarded as the international industry standard for building a trusted end-to-end solution which serves multiple actors and supports several business models.
The freely available specifications provide the foundation for market convergence and innovative new cross-sector partnerships. The technology has been adopted globally across finance, mobile/telecom, government, healthcare, retail and transit sectors. GlobalPlatform also supports an open compliance program ecosystem to ensure the long-term interoperability of secure chip technology.
As a member-driven association with cross-market representation from all world continents, GlobalPlatform membership is open to any organization operating within this landscape. Its 60+ members contribute to technical committees and market-led task forces.
► More information at: www.globalplatform.org |
 MOBILE CONTACTLESS SERVICES FORUM
Initiated by the French government, the Forum des services mobiles sans contact (Mobile Contactless Services Forum) is a non-profit making association mobilizing large companies – MNO’s, banks, retailers, medias, public transportation and technology industry – and several contributing workgroups for reinforcing synergies between stakeholders and offer a national perspective for mobile contactless services developments.
► More information at: www.forum-smsc.org |
 NFC FORUM
The NFC Forum was launched as a non-profit industry association in 2004 by leading mobile communications, semiconductor, and consumer electronics companies. The Forum’s mission is to advance the use of Near Field Communication technology by developing specifications, ensuring interoperability among devices and services, and educating the market about NFC technology. The Forum’s 135 global member companies currently are developing specifications for a modular NFC device architecture, and protocols for interoperable data exchange and device-independent service delivery, device discovery, and device capability.
The NFC Forum’s Sponsor members, which hold seats on the Board of Directors, include leading players in key industries around the world. The Sponsor members are: Broadcom Corporation, INSIDE Secure, MasterCard Worldwide, Microsoft Corp., NEC, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Inc., NXP Semiconductors, Renesas Electronics Corporation, Samsung, Sony Corporation, STMicroelectronics, and Visa Inc.
► More information at: www.nfc-forum.org |
 NICE COTE D’AZUR, Land of innovation
Inline with its innovation development program to benefit citizens, businesses and employment, Nice Côte d’Azur launched in May 2010 an innovative project making several NFC services available for the very first time in Europe: on the Lignes d’Azur transport network you can buy a fare from your NFC mobile, validate it on the bus or tram, find out when the next service is going to arrive, rent a “vélo bleu” from the bicycle sharing system, get traffic disruption updates, a map of the neighbourhood and information on city life, learn all about two major works of art which line the route of the tram, and more. You can also see the Old Town in a new light with cultural information on monuments, and follow themed itineraries. In the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, your phone transforms into an audio guide and gives you information on works of art and artists. Last but not least, paying in shops with “contactless” cards and mobile phones featuring NFC technology also becomes a reality.
This Nice Côte d’Azur-ledinitiative is the basis for merchants, retail brands, manufacturers, healthcare professionals, banks and public institutions to offer Nice citizens new services based on NFC technologies, which deployment will lead to the emergence of new economic and employment sectors in the near future. In Nice, such deployment has actually already started with foreseen extension of NFC services to other museums, tourist places, and the Opera. Also, part of the Business Innovation Center will be available for companies willing to develop new NFC services.
► More information at: www.nice.fr |
 SIMALLIANCE
SIMalliance is (the non-profit trade association) dedicated to supporting the creation, deployment and management of secure mobile services across the globe. Working in partnership with members and the wider mobile community,
SIMalliance anticipates and addresses the security, identity and mobility challenges of an increasingly converged internet. Through its working groups the alliance seeks to offer the blueprint to create a secure, open and interoperable environment where mobile services thrive.
Each year SIMalliance brings the mobile industry together at its SIMposium series of events; showcasing new technologies, discussing emerging models and tackling key market challenges and also hosts the annual SIMagine competition, recognising the very best in secure mobile application and service creation.
Its membership is responsible for delivering the most widely distributed secure mobile application platform in the world (SIM/USIM).
SIMalliance members are Datang, Eastcompeace, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, Inkript, Kebt, Oberthur Technologies, Prism, Morpho, Valid, Watchdata & Wuhan Tianyu.
SIMalliance Strategic Partners are Comprion, FCI and Movenda.
► More information at: www.simalliance.org |
 SMART CARD ALLIANCE
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 SMART CARD FEDERATION OF CHINA
Smart Card Federation of China (SCFC)
www.scfc.org.cn is a major non-profit trade society representing companies in the smart card & RFID industry. The main objectives are:
- to serve as an open forum for industry news, communications and networking;
- to monitor and report on the development of new industry technologies, products and services;
- to act as the independent voice for companies involved in the smart card & RFID industry.
With the SCFC’s educational programs at regional meetings, conferences, and its annual International Conference and Exhibition on Smart Card & RFID-SC+RFID, monthly magazine -<Cards Tech & Security> in Chinese and English (four issues in English version), newsletters (SCFC News Shop), you will constantly be updated on issues facing the industry. In addition to its overall focus, SCFC recognizes the needs of specific niches within the industry.
► More information at: www.scfc.org.cn |
 SMART PAYMENT ASSOCIATION
The Smart Payment Association addresses the challenges of the evolving payment ecosystem, offering leadership and expert guidance to help its members and their financial institution customers realize the opportunities of smart, secure and personalised payment systems & services both now and for the future.
A non-profit organization founded in 2004, the association now counts six members including the three founding members Giesecke & Devrient, Gemalto and Oberthur Technologies, and Austria Card, Incard and Morpho.
With more than 675 million smart payment cards delivered by its members in 2009, SPA represents around 86% of the smart payment cards market. This figure corresponds to a 16% year-on-year growth (2009 vs. 2008), showing the ongoing momentum of EMV deployment.
The combined Smart Payment Association members’ substantial experience and knowledge of the smart payment market has led to its position as expert advisor.
The SPA is an Associate Member of Eurosmart, a Technical Associate of EMVCo and sits on the EPC CSG (Spoke Person) to represent the vendors sector which objective is to create a set of standards needed to implement SEPA for cards.
The SPA also collects and analyzes market data in order to increase transparency within the worldwide market for smart payment cards. The SPA analyzes market evolution on a worldwide basis and communicates its findings once a year.*
*Estimated volume data and actual shipments data, segmented by region and by interface, are sent on an annual basis by SPA members to an independent third party. There is no direct exchange of data between SPA members. Consistent with SPA’s practices for the exchange of historical data, the third party aggregates and anonymises the data so that no SPA member is able to identify another SPA member’s contribution. The data is published on an annual basis, at the end of the first quarter of the following year.
► For more information on the SPA, visit our website: www.smartpaymentassociation.com or contact us by email: info@smartpaymentassociation.com.
Legal Representative: Andreas Strobel andreas.strobel@smartpaymentassociation.com
Secretariat & Marketing: Stéphanie de Labriolle stephanie.delabriolle@smartpaymentassociation.com |
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