Oberthur Card Systems and Utimaco Software have signed a partnership agreement to integrate their smartcard and PKI-enabled technologies, respectively.
The companies will combine Utimaco's PKI and security applications with Oberthur's smart cards for roll out within the e-government, banking and e-business industry sectors.
Didier Sérodon, director of the finance ID division for Oberthur Card Systems, says: "This partnership allows us to bring strong secure solutions to a wide range of customers, as a complement of Oberthur Card Systems financial offer it provides a great opportunity to bring together our individual expertise on the fields of smart card and e-security technology, to offer secure and integrated transaction solutions to our clients.”