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Bell ID Appoints Michelle Lehouck as U.S. EMV Product Director

Bell ID is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Lehouck as EMV Product Director for its U.S. division. As the U.S. migration to EMV chip technology gains momentum, Michelle will be responsible for maintaining and expanding Bell ID’s EMV activity in the region by offering even greater on-the-ground support to the company’s expanding U.S. client base.

Bell ID is a software company providing banks with lifecycle management solutions for EMV smart cards, their related applications and cryptographic keys. Its solutions enable banks to manage and control any EMV token, such as contact and contactless cards as well as applications on near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones, once they have been issued.

Michelle joins Bell ID with over 15 years of industry knowledge gained with companies such as STMicroelectronics and CPI Card Group. With practical experience of migrating European banks to EMV chip payment technology, she brings with her significant expertise of all aspects of EMV market strategy. This includes understanding the impact of implementing EMV on a bank’s infrastructure as well as the critical success factors which need to be met when managing such a project.

“Michelle’s appointment comes at an important time for the U.S. marketplace,” comments Pat Curran, Executive Chairman at Bell ID. “Now that doubt surrounding the Durbin Amendment has gone, issuers are moving full-steam-ahead with EMV deployments and the market is turning to technology providers and consultants that have extensive experience of supporting migration projects. Michelle’s wealth of knowledge about regional U.S. requirements combined with her own and Bell ID’s EMV expertise, places our U.S. team in a strong position to offer unrivalled support to U.S. banks.”

EnStream Selects Bell ID’s TSM Software

Dutch provider of chip lifecycle management solutions, Bell ID, has been selected by EnStream – a joint venture of Bell Mobility, TELUS and Rogers Communications – to provision and manage secure applications on near field communication (NFC)-enabled devices in Canada. The technology enables EnStream to operate as a Trusted Service Manager (TSM), and will drive further deployment of NFC-based applications and promote consumer adoption of mobile services across Canada.

Bell ID® Trusted Service Manager is a vendor neutral software platform used by TSMs. The solution provides over-the-air lifecycle management of applications, cryptographic keys and secure elements (SEs) on NFC devices. It enables TSMs – such as EnStream – to supply service providers, including banks, transit operators and merchants, with the means to securely provision, store and update their credentials and applications on NFC capable mobile devices.

EnStream has been established to act as a hub, interconnecting any Canadian issuer with all mobile network operators making Bell ID’s vendor neutrality especially attractive.

Almis Ledas, Chief Operating Officer at EnStream, comments: “Bell ID Trusted Service Manager was chosen since it fully aligns with industry standards and is scalable and adaptable to future business and technical requirements. It is also form factor neutral, supporting applications on any type of SE. The flexibility offered by the solution ensures that we can support different implementation models and provide a wide range of capabilities to our customers.”

Pat Curran, Executive Chairman at Bell ID, adds: “Bell ID has proven success in delivering large scale EMV token deployments for key Canadian banks. We are delighted to now be working with EnStream to also share our global TSM expertise in Canada to advance the NFC landscape. The selection of Bell ID’s solution by EnStream confirms our position as a leading vendor independent TSM software provider.”

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