Gemalto has achieved MasterCard certification for its Trusted Services Management solution, which recognizes the company’s ability to manage personal user information for banking transactions. The certification applies to Gemalto’s Taiwan-based data center and enables the company to support financial institutions in the deployment of NFC services on mobile phones.

“MasterCard works alongside vendors to offer secure NFC payment solutions to its issuing banks,” said, MasterCard’s Andrew Smith, vice president, Mobile Center of Excellence. This enables financial institutions to rollout NFC MasterCard PayPass mobile services safely and will help spur the growth of contactless payments in the region.