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SESAMES Awards 2014: And the winners are…

HARDWARE: Oberthur Technologies Lasink: integrated colour laser inside polycarbonate documents The first technology that allows personalisation of a colour picture with a single infrared laser inside a 100% polycarbonate document (passport or card). This technology also provides an extremely strong barrier against fraud and a clear and irrefutable authentication to the naked eye or under a magnifying glass.
November 3, 2014 Read time: 3 mins
HARDWARE

Oberthur Technologies Lasink: integrated colour laser inside polycarbonate documents

The first technology that allows personalisation of a colour picture with a single infrared laser inside a 100% polycarbonate document (passport or card). This technology also provides an extremely strong barrier against fraud and a clear and irrefutable authentication to the naked eye or under a magnifying glass.

SOFTWARE

Transport for London (nominated by MasterCard) Future Ticketing Project – Pay As You Go Travel with Contactless EMV

Customers can now travel around London using a contactless payment card by simply touching in and out at the start and end of their journey. The cost is charged directly to their card account, which means no more queuing for tickets.

IDENTIFICATION / ID CARDS / HEALTH / E-GOVERNMENT

Emirates Identity Authority UAE National ID Authentication Service

The National Validation Gateway provides trust services to all organisations and government agencies within the United Arab Emirates by providing real-time identity verification, validation, multi-factor user authentication capabilities and digital signatures for digital transactions using the National ID Card.

IT SECURITY

Morpho MorphoTablet

MorphoTablet is a compact touchscreen device that guarantees secure mobile data operations using biometrics (fingerprint and facial recognition) and cryptographic functions. It combines mobility, versatility and security in a single platform.

TRANSPORTATION

Fidesmo Fidesmo

A connected card that is managed from mobiles or internet. It is revolutionising public transport tickets, as every phone becomes a sales channel and we will all be able to buy and upload tickets whenever and wherever - as well as having the same card in multiple cities.

BANKING / PAYMENT / E-TRANSACTIONS

Worldline Certified Customer Reviews

By linking via a proof of purchase the consumption of a service and the delivery of online reviews, this service enables issuers and merchants to benefit from trusted and certified opinions.

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

INSIDE Secure MatrixHCE

A white-label mobile application implementation of HCE-based payment schemes transaction flows, facilitating the mass adoption of software-based mobile payment applications and shortening time to market for issuers and cloud system providers.

TRUSTED INTERNET / AUTHENTICATION

Syniverse Syniverse International Fraud Intervention Solution

An opt-in scheme to authorise transactions when a cardholder’s payment is detected in the same geolocation as their mobile device - ensuring the card is being used in the same location and therefore preventing fraud.

RETAIL/LOYALTY

Syniverse Syniverse International Fraud Intervention Solution

The scheme demonstrates its versatility - and the link between security and trusted retail - with the SESAMES judges agreeing that it should also triumph in this category.

MANUFACTURING & TESTS

COMPRION OTAbility

Toolbox of various software modules to facilitate tests of components involved in the OTA communication chain between backend servers (trusted service manager) and secure elements (physical or embedded).

DISCOVERY

Dynamics Inc Open Loop/Closed Loop Multi Network Co-branded Card

The device includes multiple buttons on the face of a card each associated with a unique account. A user selects an account by pressing a button and the account information is written to the Electronic Stripe, EMV and NFC applets. The card can then be used at any reader globally.

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