The Smart Payment Association addresses the challenges of the evolving payment ecosystem, offering leadership and expert guidance to help its members and their financial institution customers realize the opportunities of smart, secure and personalised payment systems & services both now and for the future.
A non-profit organization founded in 2004, the association now counts six members including the three founding members Giesecke & Devrient, Gemalto and Oberthur Technologies, and Austria Card, Incard* and Morpho*.
With more than 798 million smart payment cards delivered by its members in 2010, SPA represents around 87% of the smart payment cards market. This figure corresponds to a 18% year-on-year growth (2010 vs. 2011), showing the ongoing momentum of EMV deployment.
The combined Smart Payment Association members’ substantial experience and knowledge of the smart payment market has led to its position as expert advisor.
The SPA is an Associate Member of Eurosmart, a Technical Associate of EMVCo and sits on the EMVCo Board of Advisors and a member of the EPC CSG (Spoke Person representing the Vendors sector) which objective is to create a set of standards needed to implement SEPA for cards.
The SPA also collects and analyzes market data in order to increase transparency within the worldwide market for smart payment. The SPA analyzes market evolution on a worldwide basis and communicates its findings once a year.
www.smartpaymentassociation.com

SIMalliance  is (the non-profit trade association) dedicated to supporting the creation, deployment and management of secure mobile services across the globe. Working in partnership with members and the wider mobile community, SIMalliance anticipates and addresses the security, identity and mobility challenges of an increasingly converged internet. Through its working groups the alliance seeks to offer the blueprint to create a secure, open and interoperable environment where mobile services thrive. Each year SIMalliance brings the mobile industry together at its SIMposium series of events; showcasing new technologies, discussing emerging models and tackling key market challenges and also hosts the annual SIMagine competition, recognising the very best in secure mobile application and service creation. Its membership is responsible for delivering the most widely distributed mobile application platform in the world (SIM/USIM).
SIMalliance members are Datang, Eastcompeace, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, Inkript, Kebt, Oberthur Technologies, Prism, Morpho, Valid, Watchdata & Wuhan Tianyu.
SIMalliance Strategic Partners are Comprion, FCI and Movenda. www.simalliance.org

Eurosmart is an international non-profit association located in Brussels and representing the Smart Security Industry for multi-sector applications. Founded in 1995, the association is committed to expanding the world's Smart Secure Devices market, developing Smart Security standards and continuously improving quality and security applications.
Members are manufacturers of smart cards, semiconductors, terminals, equipment for smart cards system integrators, application developers and issuers who work into dedicated working groups (communication, marketing, security, electronic identity, new form factors, and prospect emerging markets).
Members are largely involved in political and technical initiatives as well as research and development projects at the European and international levels.
Eurosmart is acknowledged as representing "the Voice of the Smart Security Industry".
Eurosmart members are companies (Austriacard, EM Microelectronic Marin, FNMT-RCM, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon Technologies, Inside Secure, LFoundry, Morpho, NedCard, NXP Semiconductors, Oberthur Technologies, Prooftag, Renesas Electronics, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba), payment systems (GIE Cartes Bancaires, MasterCard), laboratories (CEA-LETI), research organisations (Fraunhofer AISEC ), associations (Smart Payment Association, Mobismart, Danish Biometrics) and independent experts (Michel Koenig, Bernard Morvant).
For more information, please visit www.eurosmart.com

The Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) is a collaborative effort of IT industry leaders aimed at providing a reference architecture for universal strong authentication across all users and all devices over all networks. Using open standards, OATH offers more hardware choices, lower cost of ownership and allow customers to replace existing disparate and proprietary security systems whose complexity often leads to higher costs.

"The Human Chain, a business and technology consultancy, helps companies define, specify and develop products, services and propositions within the mobile and wireless verticals. Recent projects have focused defining and scoping the propositions and go to market strategy for mobile wallets, mobile payments, loyalty, offers, physical and logical access as well as TSM development and deployment, in the payment, m-commerce, NFC and contactless sectors."
For more information please go to www.thehumanchain.com   

The Global Prepaid Exchange is the widest reaching prepaid industry organisation in the world with a membership that spans four continents. Our members are involved in issuing, processing, manufacturing or distributing three out of four of the world’s prepaid programmes.
We provide membership packages tailored to the position of an organisation in the prepaid value chain. Members join as Industry Leaders, who have a  major strategic focus in delivering services to the industry, Prepaid Retailers as a means to improve the delivery of their services or to drive incremental revenue and Professional Agencies who require new business opportunities.
www.globalprepaidexchange.com

The MULTOS Consortium is an openly governed, cross-industry, not-for-profit organisation of global companies, whose objective is promoting MULTOS as the highest security standard for smart cards across all market segments and business models. The Consortium governs the development of the technology in line with customer needs, sets policies for the open licensing of the MULTOS specifications, and ensures the interoperability and interchangeability of platforms from multiple vendors through the Type Approval and Security Evaluation policies of the MULTOS platform. The MULTOS Consortium is an openly governed, cross-industry, not-for-profit organisation of global companies, whose objective is promoting MULTOS as the highest security standard for smart cards across all market segments and business models. The Consortium governs the development of the technology in line with customer needs, sets policies for the open licensing of the MULTOS specifications, and ensures the interoperability and interchangeability of platforms from multiple vendors through the Type Approval and Security Evaluation policies of the MULTOS platform.

Smart Insights is the best information source on the Secure Transactions industry.
Smart Insights Weekly is a newsletter covering the smart card industry, its businesses, its technologies, its markets as well as its technology suppliers. Smart Insights covers all the major trends in the industry, it encompasses worldwide business, standardization bodies ...
Smart Insights Reports are research reports providing key facts and figures as well as strategic insights about a technology, an area or a major issue in the secure transaction industry. Smart Insights Reports bring business modeling, forecasting and competitive analysis.
Smart Insights: facts . intelligence . now . More information at:
www.smartinsights.net

PYMNTS.com is an online media channel that captures user-generated and expert-driven commentary, information, news, and analysis on “what’s next” in the payments sector worldwide. The site provides a platform for industry professionals to share content related to company and product developments, to tap into the collective commentary and analysis from experts, bloggers and industry pundits, and to interact with industry thought leaders and other influencers on topics of critical importance to the future of the sector. A joint venture of Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, and Market Platform Dynamics, PYMNTS.com redefines the ways in which B2B news and information is both generated and distributed.

Payments Business magazine is a Canadian bi-monthly B2B publication which reaches more than 13,000 readers across Canada. As the nation’s leading magazine for merchants, financial executives and payments industry decision makers,  Payments Business delivers news, insights, features, commentary, developments, trends and technology updates which helps our readers make better and more informed decisions about their transactions, cards and EBPP (electronic billing presentment & payment) strategies.

SmartCardsTrends is a 24-page newsletter dedicated to Smartcards, Smart Objects, Trusted Devices & Softwares and Secure Platforms. It brings critical information on technologies and strategies to smart security industry, application developers and service providers in the fields of telecommunications, banking, e-government, health, transportation and IT smart security.

PaymentMedia is the only magazine in Spanish-Portuguese focused on electronic payments and convergent technologies for the Latin America and Caribbean Region.
Its participation and promotion of the most important and specialized events internationally, has allowed it to rank as the Hispanic speaking magazine of the sector par excellence. The balance of its content, its innovative design and the highest graphic quality make PaymentMedia a differential editorial product. The distribution is made among executives from the main financial institutions of Latin America that are constantly updating on the innovative technological solutions that have the capacity to add value to their clients.

With about 200 advertisers in CNA magazine, it does not take much to explain why your article features and advertisements should be seen in the industry's defacto magazine - CNA, - the only one you need to meet all your marketing communication needs. We are recognised because you are recognised! And now, you are recognised because we are recognised!eMail : Wendy@CardsNowAsia.com

PassAgeNow, or in short P.A.N., is the unique magazine that features anything and everything contactless! At P.A.N., we believe that the age of contactless has arrived; thus, we want to share all these latest news from the wonderful world of contactless by picking out only the best news for your eyes.

Digital Transactions is the only publication covering the total consumer electronic transactions market. Published twelve times a year, the magazine, web site www.digitaltransactions.net and weekly email newsletter Digital Transactions News, reach subscribers in financial institutions, retails and ISO. To Subscribe go to www.digitaltransactions.net. To advertise call Bob Jenisch 877-658-0418

Near Field Communications World is the international trade publication for those that design, supply, buy or use NFC-based products and services.
NFC World also produces a weekly email newsletter which covers the key developments in the global NFC business and is sent to thousands of subscribers all over the world.
Read NFC World and sign up for the free email newsletter at www.nfcworld.com.

In 2000, AVISIAN launched its first publication as a vehicle to promote the company's consulting efforts. This rapid success of this first electronic magazine, CR80News, led to the establishment of AVISIAN Publishing and the launch of ContactlessNews and SecureIDNews in successive years. The acquisition of two RFID publications in 2004 and 2005 brought a fourth title, RFIDNews, to the suite of ID technology publications. Also in 2005, the company's first print magazine was launched. Regarding ID (re:ID) quickly emerged as a global leader with rapid adoption and high praise from both subscribers and advertisers. http://www.avisian.com/publications.html

SecurityStockWatch.com …is the #1 Google site for Secure ID Solutions and Fraud Prevention Solutions. Please visit Google to verify our top rankings first-hand.  We are B2B and B2Government. Our channel reaches your target market. What’s your solution?  Please contact Amanda@SecurityStockWatch.com for a customized, marketing/advertising program with guaranteed results.

Paybefore is the single source for prepaid information every day. During the past five years, Paybefore has become the trusted source for prepaid-related news, original content and analysis for industry leaders worldwide. Our acquired knowledge base keeps our subscribers at the forefront of prepaid and payments innovations. And the quality of our content and understanding of what’s most important to our readers make Paybefore the publication of choice for industry decision-makers. In addition to electronic and print publications that engage our subscribers almost daily, Paybefore sponsors the annual Paybefore Awards and Paybefore Awards Europe. Visit us at www.paybefore.com.

Since 1983, The Green Sheet Inc. has informed the payments industry through The Green Sheet and GSQ publications; interactive Web site www.greensheet.com; and SellingPrepaid.com, covering the prepaid sphere.