The Smart Payment Association (SPA) is dedicated to promoting & and facilitating the use of smart cards for payment. A non-profit organization founded in 2004, the association now counts five members including the three founding members Giesecke & Devrient, Gemalto and Oberthur Technologies, and Morpho and Austria Card.
With more than 675 million payment smart cards delivered by its members in 2009, SPA represents around 86% of the payment smart cards market. This figure corresponds to a 16% year-on-year growth (2009 vs. 2008), showing the ongoing momentum of EMV deployment.
The association’s role is not limited to education and promotion. Through its Working Groups program, SPA participates actively in payment standardization organizations, negotiate framework agreements with payment associations and collect and publish market data on a yearly basis.
SPA is Spoke Person of the Vendors within the EPC CSG Workgroup which objective is to create a set of standards needed to implement SEPA for cards
SPA is an Associate Member of Eurosmart and a Technical Associate of EMVCo.
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