Bank Bali's instant cards

Bank Bali's instant cards

JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Bank Bali now has machines which
can produce plastic Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) and debit
cards in less than five minutes.

The new service, introduced here yesterday, was set up by the
bank in cooperation with PT Bauma Smarti Teknika, the sole
distributor for DataCard Co. of the United States.

Bank Bali's president, Rudy Ramli, said the bank used
DataCard's IC II Plus equipment to give customers ATM/debit cards
with a new photo.

He said that Bank Bali, which has about 300 branches, had
bought 180 DataCard devices. "All of our branches will be able to
prepare the instant cards by the end of 1997."

Bank Bali had about 800,000 savings account holders, Rudy
said. (icn)