Bell ID

Bell ID expands its team of EMV experts with the appointment of Wynand Vermeulen as Manager Financial Solutions. This further strengthens Bell ID’s position as market leader with the ANDiS4EMV solution.

In his new position, Mr. Vermeulen will be responsible for the strategic direction and continued development of a suite of products based around ANDiS4EMV. ANDiS4EMV enables financial institutions issuing chip-based cards to meet the requirements of their business today and supports significant additional functionality as their smart card requirements develop. Mr. Vermeulen will be pivotal in expanding the product functionality for the ANDiS4EMV solution and ensuring compliance to emerging standards, as well as strengthening Bell ID’s long-term strategy for the EMV market.

Igno Peters, Managing Director at Bell ID comments “Wynand has a fantastic track record in the EMV market. He will be instrumental in developing our ANDiS4EMV solution and I am delighted to welcome him to the company.

Mr. Vermeulen joins Bell ID from Collis (International) where he was manager of their EMV Academy. His responsibilities there included the commercial success and growth of the academy and business development. During his 2 years at Collis, Mr. Vermeulen was also project manager and EMV consultant on a variety of EMV migration projects across the world including Visa International Asia Pacific and ING Bank, Netherlands. With an educational background in electrical engineering, Mr. Vermeulen has been involved in the development of EMV technology from an early stage, having developed the very first EMV compliant terminals in Africa through his work at BoE Bank in South Africa. He also spent three years at Africa’s largest card manufacturer and personalization bureau, NamITech, specializing in EMV card personalization projects. This included world firsts in pre-authorized debit projects for Visa and MasterCard. In addition, over the past six years he has been involved in over 30 EMV migration projects in more than 15 countries.

Mr.Vermeulen comments “In previous roles as an EMV consultant, I have been advocating proper smart card management as a key part of the effective leveraging of EMV card platforms. I have known Bell ID for more than 5 years and consider ANDiS4EMV as the market leader and benchmark in EMV Card and Application Management (CAMS).  In my new role I will be able to actively participate in shaping the future of EMV CAMS. I am both honored and excited to be joining this winning team.”

Investec Private Bank, a division of the Investec groups, has appointed Bell ID to assist in its transition to the use of chip based cards in South Africa.

ANDiS4EMV, from Bell ID, provides financial institutions with the ability to migrate from a magnetic stripe card to a chip-based solution. ANDiS4EMV enables banks to manage the lifecycle of their cards, cryptographic keys and on-card applications, as well as have the flexibility to update the cards post-issuance. Banks can manage multiple applications on their smart cards enabling them to add value for their customers, by offering a wide range of products and services.

Bell ID is a worldwide provider of smart card management systems, and their renowned ANDiS platform provides a tailored EMV solution for financial institutions moving across from magnetic stripe cards to chip-based cards. Bell ID provides its ANDiS Card and Application Management system to government, corporate and financial clients across the world.

Investec Private Bank, a division of the Investec group, has appointed Bell ID to assist in its transition to the use of chip based cards in South Africa.

René van Rosmalen, Sales Manager at Bell ID comments: “We are very happy that such a progressive and distinctive client as Investec has decided to award this contract to us. We are also delighted that we are able to bring the ANDiS4EMV solution to the South African banking market, and strengthen our global presence in the EMV market.”