The Arab National Bank has selected a Postilion, (a division of S1) solution to manage its card issuance programme.

The implementation will meet the bank’s international EMV compliancy needs, as well as provide it with complete lifecycle management for debit cards, including the preparation of production files, PIN generation, and account status management.

The enterprise level system sits in the bank’s computer centre and runs on Microsoft Windows Server technology, as well as making use of SQL Server database. Postilion says that the comparatively low cost of the Microsoft hardware and applications transferred directly to a lower total cost of ownership for the implementation, thus making it a more compelling offer for the bank.

The bank also plans to introduce instant card issuance at its branches with the help of Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS). This is expected to improve service for new customers and facilitate the rapid replacement of lost or stolen cards for current customers. The CardWizard instant issue software fully personalises the chip, encodes the magnetic stripe, and prints cardholder details on each EMV debit card

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