Development of Central Data Management Service for IC Card Issuance by TOPPAN Printing
As old credit cards are being replaced with IC based cards with estimated target of 80% within two years time in Japan, management of IC cards by financial institution in order to minimize damages and loss of these cards due to accidents or other reason is a costly task forcing the financial institution in Japan to divide IC card manufacturing operations between multiple manufacturing companies. In doing so many financial institutions entrust master keys to multiple IC card manufacturers that have data generation environment. At the same time in order to generate the necessary data for IC card manufacturer, a high security encoded. Carrying out the data generation at the financial institution comes with a significant initial investment. In addition to this cost, financial institutions incur additional cost and workload of managing and maintaining multiple master keys from different IC card manufacturer. Based on this need Toppan Printing launched the sale of TOPPAN ACIS-DG, a central data management service for IC card issuance, with aim to improve management efficiency and reducing costs of managing and maintaining the process through centralized system. Read more
