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Entrust Datacard debuts instant issuance as a service

May 21, 2019

Entrust Datacard Corp. has launched a cloud-based solution that enables banks to instantly personalize and activate customer payment cards.

Secure instant issuance allows banks to issue customers a permanent, personalized payment card on demand. They have access to their card, funds and services, in just a few minutes, creating a positive customer experience, a company press release said.

"We offer banks the most advanced options for how they want their financial instant issuance solutions to be delivered, and now with the most stringent and secure PCI-CP-regulated compliance," said Chris Pelletier, senior vice president and general manager of financial instant issuance at Entrust Datacard. "Our customers can choose how they want instant issuance delivered — from self-service to complete managed services."

Entrust Datacard is the only FII provider that offers a choice between on-premises and cloud to deliver a comprehensive menu of services featuring device and fleet management, on-call support, supplies and help desk management, the release said.

Additionally, the Entrust Datacard FII instant issuance solution is the only PCI-CP-compliant cloud offering backed by a Tier III datacenter with 99.982% uptime, the company said.

According to Pelletier, the company has signed 20 cloud customers to date. "[W]e're seeing that our solutions can scale with a bank's physical and digital issuance needs," he said.