SHARJAH, 18th December, 2014 (WAM) -- OMA Emirates, a provider of cutting edge technology for the payment industry, today announced the successful implementation of the end-to-end EMV card personalisation for Sharjah Islamic Bank. The solution helps to make a smooth transition from magnetic stripe to EMV cards issuance and is now capable of faster, efficient and economical delivery of personalised cards to its customers. Sharjah Islamic Bank is focusing on providing higher value to its clientele and has made significant technology investments to stay ahead with their banking services. The new system from OMA Emirates – Solution Gulf is capable of providing instant embossing and encoding of EMV cards. Built on open platform architecture, it enables the bank to continue using systems from other vendors thereby lowering costs and improving flexibility of card operations. "It was important for us to implement technology savvy services which will benefit our customers. The migration from magnetic stripe cards to EMV personalised cards by OMA Emirates allows us to adhere to strict EMV card specifications and standards and gives us the flexibility to scale up depending on market demands and our card business. Coupled with the high end personalisation system, we are able to meet the timely needs of any additional information that needs to be introduced into the EMV cards, new formats, etc." said, Hesham Farouk, Senior Vice President, Head of Card Operations of Sharjah Islamic Bank. OMA Emirates has a provided an end-to-end solution which is high performance, secure, flexible and scalable depending on the client’s requirements and makes it a faster implementation which is a cost effective solution for the bank. The system also has an inbuilt instant issuance model and can be ungraded within weeks by the bank.