AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Intesa Sanpaolo is deploying a new contactless prepaid card specifically designed for tourists taking part in the celebrations for the 150^th anniversary of Italy’s unification this year. The bank is issuing the cards through its service center Setefi. Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the Euro Zone and a leading bank in Italy, offering its services to more than 11 million customers.

Carta Esperienza Italia 150¹ puts visitors on the fast track to celebrate the 150^th anniversary of Italy’s unification in Turin and other cultural capitals. Users can enjoy the speed and convenience of contactless payments in shops, as well as the security of EMV for conventional payments and online purchases. They are also offered speedy access to museums and cultural events.

Visitors can easily travel in the city area, by loading dedicated offers from the Turin transport company (“Gruppo Torinese Trasporti”) onto their card. They can purchase the card at Intesa Sanpaolo branches, at Gruppo Torinese Trasporti outlets in Turin, as well as in touristic places (such as “Officine Grandi Riparazioni di Torino” and “Reggia della Venaria Reale”).

“Based on its extensive experience in the banking, transport and access control sectors, Gemalto was able to provide such strong project management services to federate all the parties involved,” commented Andrea Rossi, Cards Operations Manager at Setefi, Intesa Sanpaolo Group. “Their sound expertise in EMV contactless payment worldwide was also a determining factor in our selection.”

“The Carta Esperienza Italia 150 brings tourists increased trust and convenience, with a host of applications combined in a contactless prepaid card,” added Gabrielle Bugat, Senior Vice President, Gemalto. “This project enables Intesa Sanpaolo to strengthen their differentiated brand image and also to target a significantly wider customer base.”

¹ For more details about museums and exhibitions, information on discounts, promotions, points of sale of Carta Esperienza Italia 150, please visit https://www.cartaesperienzaitalia150.com/

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with revenues of €1.9 billion in 2010, and over 10 thousand employees operating out of 87 offices and 13 Research & Development centers in 45 countries.

Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. The freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work—anytime, anywhere—has become an integral part of what people want and expect, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure.

Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card safety, health and transportation services, eGovernment services and national security. We do this by providing solutions that leverage Gemalto’s secure software and services for governments, wireless operators, banks and enterprises to help them achieve their goals, enabled by a wide range of secure personal devices. Gemalto is the world leader for electronic passports and identify cards, smart banking cards, two-factor authentication smart tokens for online protection, Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) and Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC) in mobile phones. Moreover Gemalto delivers on emerging applications related to the ‘Internet of things’ by supplying wireless modules and Machine Identification Modules (MIM) for Machine-to-Machine communication.

As the use of Gemalto’s software and secure devices increases with the number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the Company is poised to thrive over the coming years.

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