These accreditations will allow Gemalto to locally support its bank customers in their migration to chip based cards, as rollout is due to start in the coming months. Gemalto's Tczew facility offers Polish banks a wide range of services including data processing, card personalization and fulfillment. In addition, it provides value-added solutions such as banking cards customized with a personal picture and advanced packaging. The company has already secured contracts with two major Polish banks for EMV personalization and value-added services.

The Gemalto Tczew facility has been personalizing SIM cards for six years and it is now expanding into personalization services of banking cards to address the EMV market in Poland. Gemalto supported financial institutions in their EMV migration in more than 40 countries around the world.

"Gemalto is committed to providing Polish banks with superior quality personalization services," commented Philippe Cambriel, Executive Vice-President of the Secure Transactions business unit at Gemalto. "Our new local personalization capability will allow us to operate closer to our bank customers, resulting in shorter delivery times and greater convenience."