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Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Deploys Gemalto Online Banking Solution
Published Jun 8, 2011
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Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB) is deploying the Ezio solution to provide additional security features to its online banking services. As part of the multi year contract, Gemalto is delivering the complete, future proof Ezio solution including strong authentication software, Ezio Club EMV card readers as well as consulting services. The driver behind the upgrade is to further develop AIB's online offering with new and enhanced financial services for the benefit of customers.
In addition to generating One Time Passwords the Ezio Club reader is used to verify and sign transaction details, such as amount transferred and account credited. This added layer of ”sign what you see” security ensures the authenticity of the Internet Banking session, whilst enhancing the user’s protection.
“Simplicity and convenience for our customers were determining factors in our selection of Gemalto’s solution,” said Diarmuid Hanrahan, Head of Payments and eChannel Development, AIB. “The Ezio solution flexibility enables us to evolve our eBanking security strategy over time with multiple strong authentication devices.
“More than 50 million online banking customers worldwide use and trust Gemalto’s Ezio technology and we are leveraging this experience to support AIB’s project,” added Philippe Regniers, Senior Vice President, Gemalto.
About Gemalto:
Gemalto is the world leader in digital security with 2010 annual revenues of €1.9 billion and over 10,000 employees operating out of 87 offices and 13 Research & Development centers in 45 countries.
Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work anytime, anywhere, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure. Gemalto delivers on the growing demands for personal mobile services, identity protection, payment security, authenticated online services, cloud computing access, modern transportation, e-healthcare and e government services. Gemalto does this by providing secure software, a wide range of secure personal devices, and managed services to wireless operators, banks, enterprises and government agencies.
Gemalto is the world leader for electronic passports and identity cards, two factor authentication devices for online protection, smart credit/debit and contactless payment cards, as well as subscriber identification modules (SIM) and universal integrated circuit cards (UICC) in mobile phones. Also, in the emerging machine to machine applications Gemalto is a leading supplier of wireless modules and machine identification modules (MIM). To operate these solutions and remotely manage the software and confidential data contained in the secure devices Gemalto also provides server platforms, consulting, training, and managed services to help its customers achieve their goals.
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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For more information:
Gemalto Media:
Europe, Middle East & Africa
Peggy Edoire
T: +33 4 42 36 45 40
E: peggy.edoire@gemalto.com
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T: +1 512 257 3902
E: jessi.marshall@gemalto.com
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T: +65 6317 3730
E: yvonne.lim@gemalto.com
Latin America
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T: +55 11 5105 7659
E: ramzi.abdine@gemalto.com
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