NBS Technologies Launches Newest Financial Embosser

NBS Technologies introduced the Advantage M20, the newest in its line of desktop card embossers, suitable for instant issuance of credit and debit cards.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) April 3, 2009 -- NBS Technologies Inc., a leading provider of equipment for card personalization, EMV® compliance/migration, smart card and semiconductor manufacturing and secure ID solutions for financial institutions, governments, and corporations worldwide, today announced the release of its latest desktop card embosser - the Advantage™ M20.

The Advantage M20 is the universal desktop embosser and encoder designed primarily to meet the needs of financial institutions for the secure and reliable instant personalization and issuance of credit and debit cards.

"We are confident that the Advantage M20 delivers to financial institutions of all sizes the freedom, flexibility and security they demand in order to issue their customers fully embossed and personalized debit/credit cards; at a price that fits well within their budget." comments Philip Barton, General Manager - Channel Partners.

"Additionally, when the Advantage M20 embosser is teamed up with our remote and branch issuance software solution, Xpressi™, we can deliver a fully compliant EMV instant issuance solution".

The Advantage M20 embosser features include:

• 100-card hopper for automatic card feeding

• Single card front input feeder

• 120 character embossing wheel

• Front & rear indent

• Dual coercivity magnetic stripe encoding

• Contact and contactless smart card personalization

• Access cover secured with electronic lock under software control

• Anchors for bolting down the embosser to its operating station

The Advantage M20 embosser is available for delivery beginning April 2009.

For more information about NBS, the Advantage M20 and our complete line range of card printing and personalization solutions, please consult our website at www.nbstech.com.

About NBS Technologies Inc.

For over 30 years, NBS Technologies remains a leading provider of equipment for card personalization, EMV compliance/migration, smart card and semiconductor manufacturing, secure ID, and payment solutions for financial institutions, governments, and corporations worldwide. The company manufactures specialized and complementary product lines within its Smart Solutions, and Payment Solutions divisions. NBS Technologies' head office is located in Canada with locations in USA, France and the UK, along with a worldwide dealer network. For more information, visit www.nbstech.com.

NBS Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management (www.brookfield.com), a specialist asset manager. Focused on property, power and infrastructure assets, Brookfield has over US$80 billion of assets under management and is co-listed on the New York and Toronto Stock exchanges.

Advantage is a trademark of NBS Technologies Inc. Xpressi is a trademark of NBS Technologies Inc. with registration pending or completed in Canada, the European Union, Chile and Peru.

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