G&D supplying Olympic smart cards
G&D is supplying banks and telecom operators in China with special cards for the upcoming summer Olympics.
The Bank of China and the China Everbright Bank are offering their customers special Visa Olympic-edition credit cards. China Mobile is marketing a gift box containing six prepaid telephone cards, which is the fourth set of commemorative cards for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games launched by China Mobile.
More than 800,000 Visa Olympic credit cards have been supplied so far to the Bank of China. The cards’ primary design element is the official logo of the Beijing Olympic Games, and this series features the blue, black, red, yellow and green of the Olympic rings. A special printing technique makes it possible to feel selected patterns and images on the surface of the card. In addition to the usual range of credit card services, the Bank of China’s Olympic cards offer a dual currency function, a revolving credit option, access to the Bank of China’s special customer network and other services.
The China Everbright Bank is issuing its VISA Olympic credit card in a vertical design displaying the five Fuwa mascots. G&D China has already supplied the bank with 200,000 cards, which have been issued to the bank’s customers starting in August 2007.
China Mobile has brought out a gift box containing six prepaid telephone cards in a circular arrangement to mark the 2008 Olympic games. The cards are already in demand as collectors’ items. China Mobile is an official Olympic partner and will provide the communication technology, the mobile network and numerous mobile services for the Olympic games. The cards in the gift box are available with a choice of different nominal values. G&D China won the contract for the design of the China Mobile Olympic prepaid cards in the summer of 2007. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/secureidnews-4.gif)
