MINNETONKA, MINN.—(April 25, 2011)—Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, today announced it received the Special Technical Innovation Award at the PayFORUM Conference held March 23 and 24, 2011 in Paris, France for its Datacard® CardWizard® issuance software. In its fourth year, the PayFORUM Awards recognize innovation in the payment industry for companies serving the European market.

The CardWizard software was selected by a panel of industry experts because of its ability to personalize financial cardholder information onto microSD cards in mobile phones at the branch level. No over-the-air (OTA) personalization is required and, because CardWizard software provides instant activation capabilities, the personalized device can be immediately used for near field communications (NFC) contactless point-of-sale payments.

“We are honored that our CardWizard software was selected as the winner of this award,” said Russell St. John, senior vice president of global marketing for Datacard Group. “Datacard continues to be committed to offer innovation and advancements in our product portfolio, and the ability to personalize a card and microSD device at the branch through our CardWizard software is truly unique and innovative.”

Installed in thousands of bank and credit union branches, retail stores and service bureau locations around the world, CardWizard issuance software is part of the Datacard® Secure Issuance Anywhere™ infrastructure which includes scalable, flexible hardware, software, supplies, consultation and project management for any card issuance or personalization environment. The card programs can include instant issuance, PIN selection and PIN change, printing of embossed or unembossed cards, as well as personalization of mobile payments and NFC applications, and contact and contactless EMV®-compliant payment applications.

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