What Our Members Are Saying

Dominic Fedronic, Chief Architect

ActivIdentity

“ActivIdentity is pleased to be part of the GlobalPlatform initiative towards interoperability that ensures smart cards are no longer static, but can be dynamically updated with multiple applications. This cross-industry effort enables secure post-issuance management of applications on a card, and reduces the limitations and costs of a rigid card infrastructure.”

Erik Vermeer, Technical Director

Bell ID

“It did not take long to realize that Bell ID's vision on multi application smart card management is very much in line with what has been the result of GlobalPlatform's existence. Bell ID has identified the GlobalPlatform Specifications as the leading framework for achieving cross industry interoperability for multi application smart card management systems. The widely accepted functionality defined and managed by GlobalPlatform creates a clear understanding on the key issues involved with smart card management and therefore serves as a perfect proof of concept.”

Jason Jones, President & CEO

Blue Bamboo

“As an innovator in point-of-sale transaction technology, Blue Bamboo has successfully developed and is now marketing feature-rich wireless devices built on GlobalPlatform's Device / Small Terminal Interoperability Platform (STIP) technology. Our products and solutions were among the first to be completely designed using GlobalPlatform open specifications, while leveraging secure multi-application functionality to achieve the industry's most rigorous Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council certification requirements. GlobalPlatform has supported our company with both technology and resources to help meet our market and customer specific requirements. Due to our success, we are now uniquely positioned to develop our next generation products and beyond.”

Marc Birkner, Director of Business Development

Gemalto

“Gemalto is active on all GlobalPlatform Committees – Card, Device and Systems - and has provided hands-on support to the association’s work from the start. Many of Gemalto’s products comply with GlobalPlatform Specifications and we have a number of real-world implementations based on GlobalPlatform technology which, together, demonstrate our long-standing advocacy of the association. Gemalto believes there is an increasing demand from the market for open and interoperable solutions that offer increased flexibility and speed up the deployment of new products.”

Andreas Strobel, Director – Product Management, Payment Division

Giesecke & Devrient

“Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) successfully implements GlobalPlatform technology in various products for identification, healthcare and financial markets worldwide. As a Full Member of the GlobalPlatform association, G&D is actively involved in the development and definition of its specifications. The company also participates in the various GlobalPlatform task forces, focusing on business segments such as mobile payment, government and identification. The GlobalPlatform Specifications enable G&D to enter new markets and offer products and solutions that are accepted and applicable worldwide.”

Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Director – Executive Vice President

JCB

“As one of the major international credit card brands and a leading issuer and acquirer in Japan, JCB provides a wide variety of cards, including smart cards with multiple applications. With more than 40 years’ experience of serving customers and prioritizing customer convenience and secure payments, JCB is happy to contribute to the payment industry by sharing its expertise within GlobalPlatform. JCB’s involvement in GlobalPlatform, a body which promotes smart cards that offer a high degree of security and convenience, aligns well with JCB’s own priorities.”

Art Kranzley, Chief e-Business Officer

MasterCard Worldwide

“By participating in GlobalPlatform, MasterCard is responding to the growing desire of our customers to have maximum flexibility when initiating smart card programs of their own. MasterCard is working to help guide the future direction of GlobalPlatform's operational framework and to help promote the deployment of recent specifications that support MULTOS.”

Kenichi Ishibashi, General Manager of Secure MCU Business Unit

Renesas

“Renesas is committed to providing customers and users with excellent solutions in security applications. Our membership to GlobalPlatform and the subsequent relationships we have developed with other members are significantly beneficial to us and add value to our products. GlobalPlatform offers a bright path to model future solutions.”

José Gabeiras, President

SERMEPA

“In today’s world, different industries, such as telecommunications, banking, computers, Internet, payment systems, digital TV etc., are being supported by their own 'auxiliary' industries (i.e. card suppliers, terminal vendors, software houses, etc.). Taking into account the speed at which chip technology is evolving, there is an ever increasing risk that each one of such auxiliary industries adopts advanced smart card technologies which are not only very different, but also incompatible among them. The creation of GlobalPlatform is a firm step towards achieving compatibility via technological standards. It will enable a progressive reduction of costs and the attainment of global economies of scale.”

Paul Meadowcroft, Head of Transaction Security

Thales

“Thales has spent many years working with card associations and financial institutions providing products that conform to international standards. It is for this reason that Thales is an active participant in the GlobalPlatform initiative, working to define a global standard that will assist with the migration of the existing card infrastructure to a platform that meets not only the move to EMV but also lays a foundation for the future expansion into multi-application implementations.”