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