Bell ID

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Bell Identification B.V.
Bell ID
Company type Private
IndustrySoftware
PredecessorAND Identification B.V.
Founded1993
FateAcquired
SuccessorVisa Inc.
HeadquartersNetherlands
ProductsSmart token management software
Parent Rambus (2016–2019)

Bell Identification B.V., or Bell ID, was a Dutch software company that developed smart token management software, [1] [2] including key management, smart card management, [2] EMV data preparation, [3] and host card emulation-based mobile payments software. [4] Bell ID was acquired by Rambus in 2016 [5] and in 2019, Visa Inc. acquired Bell ID from Rambus. [6]

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History

Bell ID was formerly known as AND Identification B.V., and changed its name in 2000. [3] The company was founded in 1993 [3] to provide ID solutions for governments and enterprises in the Benelux region. [7] In 2004, Bell ID became a privately held company, [8] and established itself in the EMV smart card and mobile payments market. [3] In 2012 Bell ID acquired Ecebs. [1]

Awards

In April 2014, Bell ID was awarded by Mondato with the European MFS Innovation of the Year Award [9] and by Contactless Intelligence with a Contactless & Mobile Award in the ecosystem category [10] for Secure Element in the Cloud. In June 2014, the same product received the NFCP award for the next big thing in proximity. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Smart card tech firm Ecebs sold to Dutch company", BBC. 13 November 2012., Retrieved February 27, 2013
  2. 1 2 Hendry, Mike (June, 2007), "Multi-application Smart Cards: Technology and applications" Retrieved February 27, 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Company Overview of Bell Identification B.V." Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Hudson, Andrew (24 March 2014). "Host-card emulation enables NFC without a secure element". SecureIDNews. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rambus acquires Bell ID". Finextra. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Visa Completes Acquisition of Rambus Payments Portfolio". Business Wire. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Ubhey, Anoop (15 November 2001). "CMS Smiles on Bell ID". Frost & Sullivan. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Founder of Bell Group acquires Bell ID". Finextra. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Mondato awards". Mondato Summit. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Atkins, Steve (29 April 2014). "They're here! The winners of CMA2014 are announced!". Contactless Intelligence. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Clark, Mike (10 June 2014). "Bell ID and Aditium win awards". NFC World. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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