KONA I has over ten years of experience as a leading player in the smart card industry. The company was established as name of KEBTechnology in 1998. It initially constructed transportation card system and electronic money system for five years.
As it saw smart card platform as its new growth engine in 2004, it developed Java-based COS and has provided such smart card total solutions as smart card platform, smart card management system, and TSM(Trusted Service Manager) under the brand name of KONA.
In March 2012, KEBTechnology changed its name to KONA I(International) reflecting its vision to become the world’s leading smart card company.
We have recently invested KRW 30 billion in payment platform and solution businesses as its new growth engines. Kona I’s mid and long term strategies are to become the lead in the smart card industry and to grow as a global platform provider which provides a Fin-Tech total solution in the world market.
Supplier of 100% self-developed KONA Platform for all EMV cards such as Static Java cards (8K - Contact) and open Global Platform based high capacity cards (Contact , Combi) - Visa, MasterCard, Global(D-PAS), CUP, JCB etc. total 20 kinds of independent EMV certified chips Total service process solution for Korea's all EMV (credit/debit) card issuers - Complete IC card service chip/design/special materials/manufacturing/issuing etc. (Real-time process management information on customers' requests)
Chip(H/W) is loaded with chip operating system, then variety of applets are installed ROM or EEPROM of COB, finally, COB is embedded on to the plastic card. Debit, Credit, E-Book, FIC(Financial IC), Cert etc. variety of applets for financial service Other applets - Loyalty, T-Money, Hi-Pass etc. extra services.
Supplier of 100% self-developed KONA Platform for all EMV cards such as Static Java cards (8K - Contact) and open Global Platform based high capacity cards (Contact , Combi) - Visa, MasterCard, Global(D-PAS), CUP, JCB etc. total 20 kinds of independent EMV certified chips Total service process solution for Korea's all EMV (credit/debit) card issuers - Complete IC card service chip/design/special materials/manufacturing/issuing etc. (Real-time process management information on customers' requests)
Global Platform based NID , KONA platform CC (Common Criteria) EAL4+ certification ePassport CC (Common Criteria) EAL4+ certification KS standard Korea Express Corporation Postpaid Hipass certification Supply of around 24 million pieces of Thailand NID(National Identification Card) Supply of around 4 million pieces of KS standard Korea Express Corporation Postpaid Hipass Card
do N Service Platform is capable of deploying various additional services, in forms of applets, via NFC even after the delivery of a card plate ☞ a paradigm shift on card distribution and marketing channel Multi Card Service, which enables multiple cards within a plate, include the following features.