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According to the Nilson report, Gemalto is the largest provider of chip cards, selling 1.5 billion chip cards, representing 49 percent of the market. At the start of 2010 in Germany 20 million ATM cards and 3.5 million credit cards were hit by an end-of-the-decade programming glitch which prevented them working. [15]
Schlumberger NV (French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-]), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue.
In January 2009, MasterCard acquired the controlled payment number system developed by Orbiscom, a Dublin-based payment processing company. [2] In the United States, the system is used by the following credit card issuers: Bank of America "ShopSafe" (inherited when it acquired MBNA) (and now discontinued-see below) [3] and Citibank "Virtual Account Numbers". [4]
When Schlumberger sold the IT services business of SchlumbergerSema to Atos Origin, the Smart Card and Terminal Department was again spun off to become Axalto, which went public in 2004, with its initial public offering. [citation needed] On December 7, 2005, Axalto announced its merger plan with main competitor Gemplus International.
.ae is the country code top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet for the United Arab Emirates.It is administered by .aeDA which is part of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority of UAE (TDRA).
In 2013, The Nol card was awarded the Best Prepaid Card in the Middle East in the Smart Card Awards Middle East 2013. On 26 September 2013, RTA announced the Smart Nol. On 21 August 2014, RTA increased the minimum balance from AED 1.80 (US$0.49) to AED 7.50 (US$2.04) to avoid journey interruptions.
A smart card (SC), chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card), is a card used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) chip. [1] Many smart cards include a pattern of metal contacts to electrically connect to the internal chip.
Geoservices had approximately 5000 employees in 52 countries when it was acquired by Schlumberger Limited for $1.07 billion dollars in March 2010 from Gaston Rebilly and his family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] See also