Bell Identification B.V., or Bell ID, was a Dutch

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company that developed smart token management

,"Smart card tech firm Ecebs sold to Dutch company"
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"Multi-application Smart Cards: Technology and applications"
Retrieved February 27, 2013 including key management,

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management,

EMV EMV is a payment method based on a technical standard for smart payment cards and for payment terminals and automated teller machines which can accept them. EMV stands for " Europay, Mastercard, and Visa", the three companies that created th ...

data preparation, and

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-based mobile payments software. Bell ID was acquired by Rambus in 2016 and in 2019, Visa Inc. acquired Bell ID from Rambus.

History

Bell ID was formerly known as AND Identification B.V., and changed its name in 2000. The company was founded in 1993 to provide ID solutions for governments and enterprises in the

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region. In 2004, Bell ID became a

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, and established itself in the EMV smart card and mobile payments market. In 2012 Bell ID acquired Ecebs.

Awards

In April 2014, Bell ID was awarded by Mondato with the European MFS Innovation of the Year Award and by Contactless Intelligence with a Contactless & Mobile Award in the

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category for Secure Element in the

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. In June 2014, the same product received the NFCP award for the next big thing in proximity.

References

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