Experian, Keynectis and Valimo Wireless Pilot Mobile Signature Services in France
HELSINKI, Finland, February 14 -- Experian, Valimo Wireless and Keynectis have established a 3-way cooperation to enable French on line service providers (banks, corporate customers, public sector) to offer mobile signature services to their customers. This cooperation brings together the industry leaders in mobile signature and identity solutions, public key infrastructure and information services operations coupled with thorough understanding of the French market.
There are millions of internet users in Europe that do not use the online access offered by their banks to manage their accounts and transactions. The main reason reported is the lack of trustworthy security measures. If they would guarantee security and provide a user friendly and convenient authentication method, European banks would be able to attract up to 34 million new customers to their on line services. A new response to this market requirement is now available in France and will facilitate on line service providers, whether they are banks or not, in the development of highly secured applications.
Experian, the global information services company, just signed on a cooperation partnership with Valimo Wireless and Keynectics, with the aim to offer a convenient but highly secure access method for online service providers. Experian is integrating Valimo's mobile signature techonology and Keynectis' infrastructure for managing digital certificates into a single service offering, thus making mobile signatures available for banks, corporate customers, public administration and governmental agencies.
Mobile signatures have proven themselves as a mass-market service. In 2007, Valimo delivered a complete mobile signature service infrastructure to Turkcell and Telefonica. Already 12 banks in Turkey support their retail customers' use of Turkcell's MobilImza ("Mobile Signature Service") to authenticate themselves for online banking and to digitally sign bank transactions. Government agencies and corporate customers are also using mobile signatures to sign custom forms and public service applications.
Keynectis specializes in public key infrastructure trust services and digital certificates. More than 10 millions french citizens currently use a digital certificate issued by Keynectis for web-based authentication and digital signature (home banking, e-Gov services).
Keynectis also secures millions of e-ID document (e-passeport, e-ID cards, e-Health Cards) in several countries. This partnership is an opportunity to extend its services on new mobile media.
For on line service providers, the benefits of such an ASP solution are clear: no need to invest in PKI infrastructure, neither in hardware or in hosting the service ; reliable service by Experian processing centers ; price based on number of users ; Service Level Agreement defining support and maintenance processes.
Jean-Pierre Dubord, Director of Innovation in Experian, commented "Combining Experian infrastructures and solutions together with Valimo and Keynectics technology and experience, we can now offer a service of mobile signature and strong authentication to the French market. Its first application will be Experian "On line Safe Box" - Experian long term secured documents storage service, already adopted by French banks and industry players".
"Experian aim is helping organizations and consumers make commercial and financial decisions with greater confidence and control. In the digital world, our ambition is to play a major role in the area of mobile services. After the recent launch of NFC Mobile Marketing services including Trusted Service Manager functions, this new service of Trusted Service Manager is another example of the roll-out of our strategy" added Maguy Mercier, Marketing Director Payment Solutions in Experian.
"The French market has long been the forerunner in electronic transactions and online banking. Using mobile signatures, remote payment transactions can be done more conveniently and securely than before. Mobile signatures of legally binding documents facilitates gains in productivity and accelerates sales processes for corporations and governmental organizations." said Thibault de Valroger, VP Sales of Keynectis.
Tapio Vailahti, CEO of Valimo added, "European consumers are ready for mobile signatures. We need the security and convenience to counteract increasingly sophisticated online fraud and identity theft from poorly secured username+password-protected online services. The Valimo, Keynectis and Experian cooperation provides a sound foundation for French mobile operators to take mobile signature service into their offering portfolio."
About Experian
Experian is a global leader in providing information, analytical and marketing services to organisations and consumers to help manage the risk and reward of commercial and financial decisions. Combining its unique information tools and deep understanding of individuals, markets and economies, Experian partners with organisations around the world to establish and strengthen customer relationships and provide their businesses with competitive advantage. For consumers, Experian delivers critical information that enables them to make financial and purchasing decisions with greater control and confidence. Clients include organisations from financial services, retail and catalogue, telecommunications, utilities, media, insurance, automotive, leisure, e-commerce, manufacturing, property and government sectors.
Experian Group Limited is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. It has corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and operational headquarters in Costa Mesa, California and Nottingham, UK. Experian employs around 15,500 people in 36 countries worldwide, supporting clients in more than 65 countries. Annual sales are in excess of $3.8 billion (GBP1.9 billion/EUR2.8 billion).
For more information about Experian, please visit www.experian.fr de paiement, de canaux de vente,
About Keynectics
Keynectis is the first electronic certification services provider, PKI editor and qualified CSP (Certification Services Provider) operator.
Its mission is to help companies and government agencies protect their electronic exchanges (electronic signature, time stamping, e-commerce ...). With more than 20 million certificates issued up today, Keynectis is currently the leading French trust services operator.
For further information, please visit www.keynectis.com
About Valimo Wireless
Helsinki-based, Valimo Wireless is the leading provider of mobile signature and identity solutions for mobile operator, bank and corporate customers.
Valimo's solutions are used by more than 40 European and Middle Eastern customers to date, assuring protection against various security attacks like phishing, cost savings thanks to digitalization of various currently paper-based processes and introduction of new business cases enabled by the convenient mobile signing capability.
Valimo is growing strongly with offices in Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and Turkey.
Valimo is a finalist in the category of Most Innovative Consumer Application for the GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Awards, sponsored by Ericsson during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona.
Meet Valimo at 3GSM Mobile World Congress, Fira de Barcelona, Spain,
11-14 February 2008, Hall 1 Booth 1 F62, or at Valimo's booth in the Mobile Innovation Marketplace.
For more information about Valimo, please visit valimo.com
Source: Valimo Wireless
Contact Experian:
Guillaume Dehaene
Direction de la Communication
tel: +33(0)1-41-45-10-63
e-mail: guillaume.dehaene@experian.fr
Contact Valimo Wireless
Valimo Wireless
Tapio Vailahti, CEO
Tel: +358-9-4365-0080
Herve Charlin
Regional Manager
France
Tel: +33-609-754-974
E-mail: herve.charlin [at] valimo.com
