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'''Bell Identification B.V.''', or '''Bell ID''', was a Dutch [[Software|software]] company that developed smart token management [[Software|software]],<ref name=bbc>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20313648 "Smart card tech firm Ecebs sold to Dutch company"], ''BBC.'' 13 November 2012., Retrieved February 27, 2013</ref><ref name="multiply">Hendry, Mike (June, 2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ieAkyyRnJrwC&q=bell+id "Multi-application Smart Cards: Technology and applications"] Retrieved February 27, 2013</ref> including [[Key management|key management]], [[Smart card|smart card]] management,<ref name="multiply"/> EMV data preparation,<ref name=businessweek>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Bell Identification B.V.|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8511545|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140718043730/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8511545|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2014|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref> and host card emulation-based [[Finance:Mobile payment|mobile payment]]s software.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hudson|first1=Andrew|title=Host-card emulation enables NFC without a secure element|url=http://secureidnews.com/news-item/host-card-emulation-enables-nfc-without-a-secure-element/|accessdate=17 July 2014|publisher = SecureIDNews|date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> Bell ID was acquired by [[Company:Rambus|Rambus]] in 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Rambus acquires Bell ID|url=https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/62817/rambus-acquires-bell-id/|accessdate=6 November 2019|publisher = Finextra|date = 26 January 2016}}</ref> and in 2019, [[Company:Visa Inc.|Visa Inc.]] acquired Bell ID from Rambus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visa Completes Acquisition of Rambus Payments Portfolio|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191022005204/en/Visa-Completes-Acquisition-Rambus-Payments-Portfolio/|accessdate=6 November 2019|publisher = Business Wire|date = 22 October 2019}}</ref>
==History==
Bell ID was formerly known as AND Identification B.V., and changed its name in 2000.<ref name=businessweek /> The company was founded in 1993<ref name=businessweek /> to provide ID solutions for governments and enterprises in the [[Organization:Benelux|Benelux]] region.<ref name="Frost & Sullivan Market Insight">{{cite web|last1=Ubhey|first1=Anoop|title=CMS Smiles on Bell ID|url=http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/market-insight-print.pag?docid=CEHR-54HQ96|accessdate=17 July 2014|date = 15 November 2001|publisher = Frost & Sullivan}}</ref> In 2004, Bell ID became a [[Finance:Privately held company|privately held company]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Founder of Bell Group acquires Bell ID|url=http://www.finextra.com/news/announcement.aspx?pressreleaseid=4370|publisher=Finextra|date = 17 May 2005|accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref> and established itself in the EMV smart card and mobile payments market.<ref name=businessweek /> In 2012 Bell ID acquired Ecebs.<ref name=bbc />

==Awards==
In April 2014, Bell ID was awarded by Mondato with the European MFS Innovation of the Year Award<ref>{{cite web|title=Mondato awards|url=http://www.mondatosummit.com/welcome/#mondato-awards|publisher=Mondato Summit|accessdate=17 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727005641/http://www.mondatosummit.com/welcome/#mondato-awards|archive-date=27 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and by Contactless Intelligence with a Contactless & Mobile Award in the [[Earth:Ecosystem|ecosystem]] category<ref>{{cite web|last1=Atkins|first1=Steve|title=They're here! The winners of CMA2014 are announced!|url=http://contactlessintelligence.com/2014/04/29/theyre-here-the-winners-of-cma2014-are-announced/|publisher=Contactless Intelligence|accessdate=17 July 2014|date = 29 April 2014}}</ref> for Secure Element in the [[Cloud computing|Cloud]]. In June 2014, the same product received the NFCP award for the next big thing in proximity.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Mike|title=Bell ID and Aditium win awards|url=http://www.nfcworld.com/2014/06/10/329579/bell-aditium-win-awards/|publisher=NFC World|accessdate=17 July 2014|date = 10 June 2014}}</ref>

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