U.S. Bank has announced that it is "the first card issuer in the United States to add Visa payWave technology to an unembossed debit card that is issued instantly to an account holder upon opening an account. The instant-issue Visa payWave pilot is being tested at select U.S. Bank branches in Denver and Salt Lake City as part of U.S. Bank’s on-going innovation in payments." READ MORE »

Dynamic Card Solutions reports that it is seeing very strong demand for unembossed "flat" card instant issuance among financial institutions. DCS says it has received orders for approximately 1,300 new FCP 20/20 flat card printers, which is powered by HID Global's High Definition Printing (HDP) technology. READ MORE »

First Community Credit Union (Chesterfield, MO) has announced the introduction of unembossed, flat-panel Visa debit cards that will be issued immediately to members upon opening a personal checking account. Partnering with Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), a developer of instant issuance and PIN selection solutions, First Community is the one of the first credit unions to implement such a program. READ MORE »

Dynamic Card Solutions has introduced contactless card personalization - "allowing financial institutions to maintain the customer and revenue benefits of instant issuance while capitalizing on one of the card industry’s new growth opportunities."

Dynamic Card Solutions has announced that its CardWizard software now enables financial institutions and their retail partners to issue Visa and MasterCard co-branded credit cards instantly at select retail locations.

Darrell Proctor reports for Denver's Rocky Mountain News about Dynamic Card Solutions whose card production CardWizard software has more than 70 percent of the U.S. market for debit cards that are instantly issued at a bank or credit union branch. According to DCS Ron Zanotti, "we're about making banking easier for the consumer. They come into a bank, they can pick out the style of card they want, get it personalized, and walk out and use it."

Dynamic Card Solutions has announced a preferred vendor agreement with Datacard Group that will expand joint marketing efforts in the instant issuance market segment by designating DCS' CardWizard technology as a Datacard Group preferred software solution and Datacard Group as a preferred card personalization system and services provider for DCS.