Datacard discusses its card issuance solutions

Angus McDougall speaks at the event.

Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalisation solution, and LEADS Corporation Bangladesh Limited, jointly arranged a seminar on "Card Issuance System" at a hotel in the capital.
The key focus of the event was to demonstrate the alternative strategies for card issuance programmes for government and the financial sector.
Government solutions include programmes like national ID, passport, driving licence, and healthcare entitlement. Whereas financial institutions deal with credit and debit cards in a cost effective fashion, which includes migration to the new EMV standard for chip cards.
Shaikh Shahid, CEO and director of LEADS Corporation Bangladesh Limited, during his speech said Datacard is world leader in plastic card personalisation solution. "Datacard started its journey in Bangladesh together with LEADS in 1996," he said adding "the first financial card issuance was launched same year through a local bank".
He also informed that since then the company is moving ahead with a steady growth and currently more than 70 per cent of financial cards of the country are printed with Datacard solutions which covers more than 50 local and foreign banks and government entities.
Other speakers at the event were Angus McDougall, regional vice-president for Datacard Asia Pacific, Michael Langner, director of marketing and business development, Francois Drisse, marketing manager, and Rajiv Singh, managing director of Datacard India Pvt. Limited.
Angus McDougall shared the company's operation in Asia Pacific in his speech.
About South Asia he said "we have seen explosions of national programmes in last few years in this part of the world."
He also said that in some countries like Singapore, Japan, Australia, they believe, every card issues are done on the Datacard platform. In other countries they have 85-90 percent market share.
Apart from government and financial sectors, Datacard is also involved in issuance of GSM SIM cards.
"South Asia is the fastest growing market on the planet in terms of GSM SIM card issuance", McDougall said.
Datacard's other solutions include corporate, education, healthcare, loyalty and membership, retail and transit.
McDougall said Datacard is pretty much the market leader in this space with its wide range of card issuance solutions.
Michael Langner discussed on government and financial solutions while Francois Drisse discussed on GSM solutions.
Nazrul Islam Khan, private secretary to the prime minister of Bangladesh, Rana Shahid Hasan, head of card operations, Standard Chartered Bank and Mostafa Zabbar, director, BCS (Bangladesh Computer Samity) spoke at the event as guest speakers.
Rajiv Singh highlighted Datacard's plans for expansion in the South Asia region.