Go Further with Flat Card Technology
Give customers the brand experience they expect with flat cards that feature flexible graphic designs. Entrust Flat Cards is a card personalization solution that helps issuers produce modern, attention-grabbing flat, unembossed payment cards and branded credentials.
Financial institutions, government agencies, retailers, and service providers use Entrust Flat Cards to combine edge-to-edge printing, secure personalization, and flexible card design options.
Entrust Flat Card solutions give bureaus, banks, and credit unions a competitive edge in today’s dynamic landscape with the highest-quality flat card personalization from the advanced MX and Entrust® Datacard® (formerly Sigma) systems.
Differentiate with sleek, unembossed designs
Produce secure, high-quality flat cards
Streamline creating branded credentials
Print up to 4,000 cards/hour with Drop on Demand modules.
Issue leading flat cards with a footprint as small as 40-inches.
1B+ financial cards issued each year with our central issuance systems.
Product Highlights:
Create Cards That Stand Out
Deliver eye-catching payment cards with edge-to-edge graphics, full-color personalization, UV-curable printing, and flexible design options. Flat card technology transforms payment cards into powerful, differentiated brand experiences in a crowded market.
Increase Card Durability and Performance
Extend card life with advanced flat card printing technologies that provide enhanced durability and high-quality personalization without requiring additional topcoats. Help reduce replacement costs while delivering a premium cardholder experience that lasts.
Optimize High-Volume Card Issuance
Support evolving card programs with high-volume flat card issuance solutions. Produce secure, attention-grabbing cards across a range of substrates, including traditional PVC and metal cards, while maintaining consistent print quality.
Drop on Demand Technology
Deliver design flexibility and printing accuracy with our high-volume, central issuance “Drop on Demand” printing. Endless design variables exist with full-color, edge-to-edge, dynamic black and white printing, varnish capability, and UV-fluorescent inks on a variety of card substrates. Paired with a robust, beltless-driven card handling system, Drop on Demand ensures your customers have operational peace of mind with exciting new capabilities and eye-popping designs.
UV-Curable Printing Technologies: Drop on Demand and Durable Graphics
Industry-leading flat card technologies that stand out from the competition
Many card portfolios are migrating away from unembossed card personalization. Our next-generation flat card printing technologies seamlessly offer unique, UV-curable printing. These technologies deliver excellent quality, added durability, and extended card life, without the need for an additional topcoat.
Metal card technology
Go further with flat card and allow your clients to expand their personalization options, including niche substrates like metal cards. Combining flat card technology with the advancing metal card market creates a distinctive and sophisticated financial credential. One system effortlessly handles traditional PVC and metal cards for issuance flexibility.
Card Replacement Calculator
How do different personalization technologies affect the lifespan of a card? Because consumers handle, use, and store their cards in many ways, issuing durable cards that stand up to life’s demands is a crucial component of any card program.
Entrust can help you determine possible replacement costs based on the types of usage, exposure a card may experience, and the technology you choose to personalize your cards. We’ll also compare the impact of your card personalization technologies against the cost of card replacement over the life of a card program.
Book time with an expert to discuss the best technology for your card programs.
Our Durable Graphics technology, proven by tens of millions of cards in circulation, now available with Datacard
Building on the secure, simple, and smart financial issuance platform of Datacard DS4, the Durable Graphics Module introduces a world of possibilities in flat card personalization thanks to its Durable Graphics Printing technology.
Go Further With Flat
Inspire your Clients
Inspire your customer to stand out from their competition with the latest flat card technology capabilities.
Expand your Offering
Entrust offers additional flat card printing options, including: full-card indent, laser engraving, traditional thermal printing, and protective overlays.
Flat Card Adoption Rate
Most financial institutions are issuing flat debit and/or credit cards.
Flat Card Adoption Drivers
The top reasons cited for shifting to flat card.
Flat Card Adoption Outputs
Customers see growth, savings, efficiency and more personalization options.
Flat Card Future Trends
Almost all financial institutions are either planning to implement or exploring future flat card issuance options.
Flat Card Resources
Exploring Flat Card Technology in Financial Issuance
Learn how Entrust’s expertise can revolutionize your organization’s card programs, putting your institution ahead of the curve.
Financial Institutions Go Further with Flat
Learn about the impact flat cards are having on financial institutions, reflecting significant return on investment and consumer satisfaction.
Advanced Durable Graphics
Flat cards are all the rage and continue to grow in popularity because of their versatility and appearance.
Unique Drop on Demand Printing
Distinguish your flat cards and catch consumers’ eyes.
Entrust Datacard DS4 Durable Graphics Module
Join us to learn more about Durable Graphics Module and see it prints beautiful cards.
Have an existing Datacard DS4 printer? The Entrust Durable Graphics Module with Durable Graphics printing technology integrates seamlessly.
Entrust Datacard DS4 Instant Issuance System with Durable Graphics Module
Deliver the most capable payment card instantly with the new Durable Graphics Module for the Datacard DS4 Instant Issuance system.
Entrust Datacard DS4 with Secure Ribbon Scramble
Printing with Secure Ribbon Scramble allows users to specify the card fields that are to be securely printed.
Discover the One-of-a-Kind Entrust Datacard for Your Bureau
The Datacard DS4 Financial Instant Issuance System instantly issues secure, flat financial cards to banks, credit unions, and retailers.
Card Design Guide: Entrust Datacard DS4 Direct-to-Card Printer
The Datacard DS4 direct-to-card Printer is designed for printing cards with the quality that emulates your on-screen colors.
Improve Flat Card Personalization with Durable Graphics Module
A direct bank and payment services company can now offer cards that look better and have fewer print quality issues while actually cutting their costs.
Card Systems
Connect from Card to Carrier
Flat card technology is a great design tool, but it’s only one of the many options we bring to card marketers. One sure way to elevate your design and differentiate your brand is to leverage unique combinations of the technologies we offer. On-demand color printing capabilities, custom label printing, and card affixing technologies help differentiate your brand and deliver your message on the card, label, and carrier.