Ismet Koyun

Management

The success story of KOBIL

Ismet Koyun
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

1978
At 18 years old, Ismet Koyun comes to Germany to attend university.


1986
Ismet Koyun founds KOBIL Systems GmbH with the focus on PC and data security.


1986 - 1995
The company sells its own developments:

  •  Double Power Supply Unit
  •  VESA Local Bus
  •  Secure PCs


1994
KOBIL starts developing smart card terminals offering acomplete range of class 1-3 readers.


1995
Deutsche Telekom uses KOBIL B1 smart card terminals on every workstation.


1996 - 1998
New solutions in the area of authentication and PKI are developed and introduced:

  •    KOBIL SecOVID
  •    KOBIL Smart Key


1999
T-Systems starts using KOBIL OTP-servers.


2001
As the first class 3 smart card terminal in Germany the KOBIL KAAN Professional receives a certification by the ZKA (Central Credit Committee).


2003
E-Banking department launches activity.


2003
KOBIL mIDentity is launched. It is the first smart card terminal worldwide working without any installation for mobile business and banking applications.


2004
The companies Datev and DG-Verlag choose mIDentity.


2004
KOBIL receives the TeleTrust Innovations award.


2005
Ismet Koyun receives an award for being an innovative manager from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rhine Hesse.


2005
Bill Gates gives a speech in Munich on Internet security and points out mIDentity as positive example.


2006
KOBIL reaches 80% market share in the Turkish e-Banking sector.


2007
UBS and Commerzbank rely on KOBIL technology.

 


2008
Migros Bank starts using mIDentity for secure e-Banking.

2009
The European Multimedia Forum awards KOBIL with the platinum European Seal of E-Exellence
.

Société Générale in France starts implementing mIDentity.

SwissSign relies on innovative KOBIL mIDentity technology.

Savingsbank Sparkasse Worms-Alzey-Ried one of the first to offer the chipTAN comfort procedure in cooperation with KOBIL.

With Valiant Bank yet another Swiss bank offers their customers the mIDentity solution by KOBIL.

Swiss Hypothekarbank Lenzburg relies on KOBIL mIDentity technology for secure authentication in e-banking.

 

 

 

 
 
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