Card Briefs: EBT Program to Use DataCard's ID System

Lockheed Martin Corp. selected DataCard Corp.'s card personalization systems for an electronic benefits transfer program in Oklahoma. Lockheed Martin will install more than 85 DataCard units in the state's Department of Human Services offices.

The personalization systems will be used to emboss and encode welfare recipients' cards. Recipients will use the cards to make purchases in retail locations and to withdraw cash benefits from automated teller machines.

The cards will be issued at more than 80 locations statewide. Recipients will be able to make applications, get authorized, and receive a card immediately.

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