Gemalto says mobile revenues in second half to be hit by U.S. closure

PARIS (Reuters) - Mobile chip and smart card maker Gemalto said the closure of its U.S. mobile payment service Softcard in the second half would limit its mobile revenue growth as it posted a 33 percent rise in first-half profit from operations. However, the company said it expected overall another year of double-digit growth in profit from operations and was on track to meet its development plan until 2017. (Reporting by Astrid Wendlandt, editing by David Evans)