Smart Card Associations
The International Smart Card Associations Network (ISCAN)
The International Smart Card Associations Network is a non-profit international group open to all smart card associations combining manufacturers, systems integrators, issuers, potential issuers and economic or social actors involved in the Smart Card activities. After two meetings which gathered seven main smart card associations, ISCAN's founding Charter was signed by the representatives of the associations in Paris on 4 November 2002, during a meeting hosted by CARTES 2002.
ISCAN's major purpose is to support the proliferation of Smart Card usage worldwide by promoting results of tasks and facilitating exchanges of views between participating national, continental and global member Associations. By gathering their own experience worldwide, ISCAN will be a major forum to focus on strategic and technical issues and to form a global view of the Smart Card industry.
ISCAN is currently chaired by ACT Canada.
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Internet: www.iscan.ca
ISCAN Newsletter
January 2010
ISCAN Members
ACT Canada
ACT Canada is an international association for the advancement of card technologies. ACT Canada promotes the awareness, understanding and use of all advanced card technologies including smart, optical, capacitive and emerging card technologies across a wide range of applications. It provides a voice for these technologies and is recognized internationally as experts on Canada's advanced card market.
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Internet: www.actcda.com
AFPC
Association des Fabricants et des Personnalisateurs de Cartes
AFPC is the French Association of Card Manufacturers and Service Bureau founded in 1988. It represents the professionals of the smart card and plastic card industry in France. AFPC is an independent and autonomous association which has evolved from the need to oversee the entire range of processes associated with card production and use.
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Internet: www.afpc-cartes.com
EESTEL
European Experts in Electronic Transactions Systems
EESTEL is an association of independent experts in the field of smart card technologies and electronic transactions. EESTEL was created in 1998 from the need of large organisations to find full competence and experience in an entity independent from larger industrial and financial groups. Since then, the association has been working on major projects (consultancy for payment systems) and delivering products (production test tools) all over the world.
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Internet: www.eestel.com
GlobalPlatform
GlobalPlatform is the global leader in smart card infrastructure development and its proven, technical specifications for cards, devices and systems are known as the standard for smart card infrastructure. GlobalPlatform is a member driven association with cross-industry representation from all world continents.
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Internet: www.globalplatform.org
Smart Card Federation of China
Smart Card Federation of China (SCFC) is a non-governmental and non-profit, multi-vendor and end-user society, supported by manufacturers, suppliers, institutions, organizations and individuals as well as the corporate societies etc. in the smart card industry, which promotes the smart card and smart label industry and the value of its products and services while providing an independent forum to speak for the industry in China. Currently SCFC is a member of ISCAN (International Smart Card Association Network).
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Internet: www.scfc.org.cn
Smart Card Society of Southern Africa incorporating AFRITAG
Smart x central intelligence operates within an international network of professional associations concerned with smart card and RFID technologies. Smart x is the only professional association for the industry covering Southern Africa, with members in the major business centres of the country. Smart x membership is represented by private and public sector end-users, solutions providers and consultants that receive real benefits from the associations' active participation in the industry. The aim of smart x is to make its members aware of the developments taking place in the industry both in South Africa and internationally.
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Internet: www.smartcardsociety.co.za
Smart Card Alliance
The Smart Card Alliance is a multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology in the U.S. and Latin America.
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Internet: www.smartcardalliance.org
SCAFI
Smart Card Forum of India
The Forum is a non-profit, multi-industry organization promoting the wide spread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology. The Forum has leading companies in banking, financial services, telecommunications, computer, technology, health care, retail, entertainment industries, as well as a number of government agencies as members. The convergence of these major industry players is unprecedented and represents a shared vision and commitment to providing an interoperable platform for the delivery of a new generation of products and services based on smart card technology.
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Internet: www.smartcardindia.org
