Latin America. As a result of the merger between Oberthur Technologies (OT) and Safran Identity & Security (Morpho), the OT-Morpho group became IDEMIA. It aims to empower citizens and consumers to interact, pay, connect, move, travel and even vote securely, seizing the opportunities of an increasingly connected world.
At an event that brought together nearly 2,000 guests at La Seine Musicale (an iconic cultural venue in western Paris, France), Didier Lamouche, President and CEO of OT-Morpho, officially changed the group's name to IDEMIA. In a world that is directly influenced by the exponential growth of connected objects, the increasing globalization of exchanges, the digitalization of the economy and the consumption of technology, IDEMIA stands as the new leader in trusted identities, putting "Augmented Identity" at the center of its actions.
The group has changed its name to IDEMIA as an expression of this innovative strategy and as a reference to powerful terms: Identity, Idea and the Latin word idem, reflecting its mission to guarantee a safer world for all thanks to its expertise in trusted identities.
In addition, this event provided an opportunity to discover the latest innovations of the group. These include the automated passenger boarding process system, the new generation of biometric payment cards and integrated security systems to equip the connected cars of tomorrow.
Supported by a workforce of 14,000 workers worldwide, including 2,000 in the R&D department, IDEMIA is the result of the merger between OT and Morpho, which was completed on March 31, 2017. Currently, IDEMIA is the leader in the identification and authentication sector, serving customers in 180 countries and providing services, mainly, to five customer segments: Financial Institutions, Mobile Operators, Connected Objects, Citizen Identity and Public Safety.
Didier Lamouche, General Manager of IDEMIA, stressed that "our future will be forged through innovation and irruption that will revolutionize our daily lives. Our vision in merging OT and Morpho was to generate a new offering capable of focusing on the world of digital security. And this is what has been achieved with the creation of IDEMIA. Thanks to our talented people and the solutions they invent, citizens and consumers can now connect, interact, exchange, pay, travel or even vote in total trust, taking advantage of a connected world."
He also added that "the achievement of this promise is what we call Augmented Identity. It is about using the biometric characteristics of each person as a unique signature of the individual identity in order to facilitate the exchange. This fosters confidentiality and trust, as well as ensuring secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions. This is a decisive step towards a safer world."
