Mexico City, Mexico, July 7, 2010–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that its Allynis Instant Artwork solution has been selected by Banco Del Bajio, a leading financial institution for small and medium enterprises and the agricultural sector. This novel solution by Gemalto enables Banco Del Bajio to order small quantities of smart payment cards with the artwork of their choosing, serving primarily customers who provide electronic payroll services. This selection extends Gemalto’s relationship with Banco Del Bajio, building on the success of the ongoing secure EMV bank cards programs.

System Includes MorphoTrak’s Secure Credentials Center for Greater Identity Assurance, Improved Customer Service, and Enhanced Security of 3D Photo ID™

Alexandria, Va., July 1, 2010–MorphoTrak (Safran Group) received an award notification from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for an enhanced security driver license system in the amount of $47.5M. The system includes MorphoTrak’s Secure Credentials Center (SCC) to increase security validations and privacy protections, while significantly increasing customer service and convenience. The SCC has been implemented worldwide wherever document security, identity assurance and personal privacy protection are critical.

Mountain View, Calif., July 1, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD; http://www.lasercard.com), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, has received a follow-on purchase order valued at $1.6 million for chip-ready, optical security media-based credentials for the Saudi Arabia national ID card program. Delivery is scheduled to occur in the Company’s second fiscal quarter ending September 2010.

Jun.23, 2010–Amidst all the hype, politics and lobbying in the Durbin Amendment interchange fees debate, is a little-noticed component that could have a big impact on the state of payment technology in the US. I believe the changes offered by the House and accepted by Durbin and the Senate could lead to regulations that force the US payment system toward EMV and very likely Chip and PIN. This is a very complicated topic, so bear with me as I lay out the logic.

Combining Cinterion’s wireless modules expertise with Gemalto’s “over the air” platforms will accelerate the deployment of “Smart Machines”

Amsterdam, June 29, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces today the acquisition of Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbH (CWM). Cinterion is the leading provider of industrial Machine-to-Machine (M2M) wireless communication modules, with 2009 M2M revenues of €145 million, EBIT of €4 million and approximately 20% market share. Cinterion, which uses a fabless business model, employs 335 staff with major centers in Munich and Berlin, Germany. The business was started by Siemens in 1995 and spun out to a financial sponsor consortium in 2008.

Amsterdam, June 28, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announced that the MEDEA+ ONOM@TOPIC+ project has won the EUREKA Innovation finalist trophy. This pan-European award demonstrates Gemalto’s innovation capacity applied to two domains: in providing citizens with secure interoperable eGovernment services, and in delivering advanced mobile solutions.

Business owners take action to protect cardholder data, embrace ease of use of Heartland’s end-to-end-encryption terminals, no-processing-fee approach to security and warranty

Princeton, NJ, June 24, 2010–Heartland Payment Systems® (NYSE: HPY), the nation’s fifth largest payments processor, has installed its E3™ terminals at 1,020 merchants since commercially launching the industry-leading end-to-end encryption technology on May 24 at the 2010 National Restaurant Association Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago. E3 technology is designed to protect cardholder credit and debit card data, rendering it useless to cyber criminals.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, a leading provider of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, is extending its partner network and cooperating with the systems house Professional Services GmbH Datentechnik. The company’s ID systems are thus available for a wide variety of different operating systems based on the latest LEGIC advant technology. As an OEM provider, Professional Services primarily concentrates on the development of card management and coding solutions for end customers and customisers.

Zurich, June 2010–The firm, which was founded in 1991, offers its partners the possibility of marketing a fast, modern and highly flexible card management system in their own name. Through the partnership with LEGIC, the PSDCard™ card management system offers a fully integrated LEGIC advant module for reading, managing and developing highly secure multi-application ID cards in just one work step.

Magna Carta, largest Dutch cashless vendor, is a new licence partner of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification and, thus, supports the contactless LEGIC smart card technology. With innovative smart card applications, Magna Carta is a world class supplier of contactless solutions for the education, healthcare, leisure, government and business environment.

Zurich, June 2010–Magna Carta provides complete identification solutions for all imaginable applications such as catering, vending, access control, ticketing, parking, photocopying, cashless payment, time registration and transaction systems. Due to the expansion of Magna Carta’s international business, the LEGIC endorsement has become an essential requirement. Meanwhile, several multiapplication project based on contactless LEGIC smart card technology have been already realized.

data mobile, the Austrian supplier of hardware and software solutions for security technology, is the new partner of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd. The partnership will lead to new innovative products above all in the area of wireless locking systems. Thus with chipbox, data mobile offers a set for simple electronic retrofitting of cupboard, locker and furniture locks for contactless identification technologies.

Zürich, June 2010–The technological core of the solution is the highly integrated contactless reader chip LEGIC lockstar. This was specially developed for battery-operated offline locks and enables freestanding locks to be conveniently integrated into an access control system. In this way furniture locks can be opened and administered very simply using the same card.