Trading as Intellect, we’ve been operating in the payments sector since 1988.

Intellect has designed and developed products that enable the use of Smart Card technology, quickly becoming one of the market leaders in this sector. Today, Intellect employs many people worldwide and is one of the most innovative solution providers for electronic transaction markets.

Older than the World Wide Web, but younger than e-Mail, Smart Card technology plays a role in the lives of many people around the globe. From bankcards to National ID, Smart Cards have more applications than you think and Intellect has been at the forefront of Smart Card, or Integrated Circuit Card (ICC), development since the birth of this technology back in 1988. From its conception as a research and development company with just 15 employees, Intellect grew into a widely spread global player.

As part of this growth, Intellect acquired Prodata in 1993. Prodata was a Belgian provider of payment systems and the acknowledged technical lead in this market. It was founded in 1972 as an engineering company and became a provider of payment systems for banks, retailers and public transport - mostly in Belgium - which in 1982, thanks to the expertise that Prodata provided to Banksys, was the first country in the world to introduce indoor and outdoor electronic payments.

The composite history of these two companies gives us a depth of experience in product development and implementation unrivalled in the electronic payment and Smart Card market.