December 12, 2008 - 12:06am
Gemalto has announced that it will provide 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.
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, reports Business Wire.
“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.”
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, reports Business Wire.
“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.”