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Card and ID Industry Leader to Demonstrate Integrated Hardware and Software Solutions for Financial and Government Markets

HONG KONG — March 15, 2010 — At Cartes in Asia, Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions will be highlighting integrated solutions for the secure issuance of financial cards and government ID applications.


Card and ID Industry Leader to Demonstrate Integrated Hardware and Software Solutions for Financial and Government Markets

HONG KONG — March 15, 2010 — At Cartes in Asia, Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions will be highlighting integrated solutions for the secure issuance of financial cards and government ID applications.

"With Secura software and our Secure Issuance Platform we're building on that experience to more seamlessly integrate all the pieces — tying together all aspects of enrollment, adjudication or approval, data processing, card or credential personalization and fulfillment."

Integrated solutions provide a chain of trust from enrollment to issuance and beyond. The two solutions highlighted at Cartes in Asia combine software and hardware that can be integrated with customer and third party applications and meet stringent industry standards for performance and security.

Datacard® Secura™ Identification Software helps agencies enroll and authenticate applicant identities and issue secure credentials for passport, national ID, driver's license and government employee ID programs.

* Improve security of data with biometric user authentication
* Increase efficiency with an automated, highly configurable solution
* Minimize risk with a proven pre-integrated system

The Datacard® Secure Issuance Platform enables financial institutions and retailers to produce cards with superior security, reliability and convenience using any combination of central and instant issuance workflows.

* Ensure data security — End-to-end security, including authentication of users, devices and data
* Comply with standards — Meet or exceed PCI, DSS requirements for instant issuance
* Maximize ease of use — Web-based software makes it easy to issue

"Datacard Group has been serving the financial and government markets for many years," said Angus McDougall, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific/Japan, Datacard Group. "With Secura software and our Secure Issuance Platform we're building on that experience to more seamlessly integrate all the pieces — tying together all aspects of enrollment, adjudication or approval, data processing, card or credential personalization and fulfillment."