Entrust Datacard has announced the availability of the next-generation kiosk-optimised Datacard CE870 instant issuance system that enables governments, healthcare organisations financial institutions and retailers, to instantly issue permanent embossed or flat identification or payment cards through a self-service kiosk.According to the company, the CE870 system is engineered to integrate with a wide range of kiosk offerings. It features secure card personalisation technologies that include embossing, rear indenting, smart card encoding that enable EMV card issuance, traditional magnetic stripe encoding, as well as full-colour and direct-to-card printing. It also offers up to six hoppers which allow financial institutions and retailers to issue a variety of card formats from one kiosk location. "The shift towards a self-service economy has rapidly progressed in the last five years with 40% of consumers reporting a preference towards self-service to human contact for their future interactions with companies," says Connell Smith, vice president distributed issuance, supplies and secure technology products for Entrust Datacard. "Consumers now encounter self-service options in every aspect of their lives, from self-checkout at grocery stores and retailers, to self-check-in at airports and transportation hub – and the kiosk-optimised CE870 system brings that same self-service convenience to consumers in the government, healthcare and financial space."In addition, the kiosk solution meets all security requirements for self-service environments – including a retraction feature providing critical security; rear output transport and fascia feature, and physical and logical security features that meet Visa and MasterCard standards.

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