Thales Revolutionizes Payment Systems with D1 Platform for the Digital Payment Era

Thales Revolutionizes Payment Systems with D1 Platform for the Digital Payment Era

(IN BRIEF) Thales’ D1 platform is transforming the payment services sector by offering a cloud-native, real-time solution designed to simplify, secure, and scale payment systems for issuers. Supporting over 200 million active cards, it provides a modular, API-first infrastructure that enables fast integration of digital services like Click to Pay and virtual cards. The platform allows issuers to adapt to the growing data demands of digital wallets and tokenization while ensuring compliance and security. Thales is setting the standard for the future of payment systems, empowering financial institutions to innovate and meet rising user expectations.

(PRESS RELEASE) LA DÉFENSE, 3-Jun-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales is reshaping the payment services landscape with its D1 platform, a cloud-native, real-time solution that empowers issuers to simplify, secure, and scale their payment systems. Already supporting over 200 million active cards globally, the D1 platform helps issuers stay ahead of the curve by adapting to fast-evolving regulatory, technological, and consumer demands—without the need to rebuild their entire infrastructure.

Designed with a modular, API-first approach, the D1 platform enables rapid and secure integration, allowing financial institutions to launch services like Click to Pay, virtual cards, and digital wallets in just three to four months. Its scalable nature ensures that issuers can extend these services from a few thousand users to millions, while maintaining seamless operations and up-to-date compliance, all secured with zero-trust principles.

As 35% of global transactions are now driven by mobile wallets and tokenization, traditional card systems are under pressure from rising data volumes and fragmented payment architectures. Thales’ D1 platform addresses these challenges by providing a flexible, data-first infrastructure that allows issuers to quickly adjust to new payment flows, regulations, and customer expectations. By doing so, it ensures faster and more secure transactions while reducing operational friction.

“In the coming years, the way we authenticate, authorize, and personalize digital payments will evolve significantly,” said Bertrand Knopf, VP at Thales Payment Services. “Issuers need platforms that can adapt quickly and securely to new payment methods, changing regulations, and rising user expectations. The D1 platform was built to meet those needs.”

Thales is showcasing the D1 platform at Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, demonstrating how it is setting the standard for future-proof payment infrastructure. With over 180 digital payment deployments worldwide and producing one in every three physical cards globally, Thales brings decades of innovation and trust to the payment services industry. The D1 platform represents the next generation of payment systems, offering issuers the flexibility and security required to navigate the future of digital commerce.

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