LED-Embedded Cards Promote Issuer Branding and User Interaction: Élan Award Winner
Light emitting diode (LED)-embedded payment cards empower issuers to elevate their brand identity and create a trend intended to keep them top-of-wallet. Since the card design informs the…
Élan Award Winners: Payment Card for High-End Customers and Intelligent Key Card
Vision and groundbreaking technologies are demonstrated in the latest International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) Élan Award winning entries. ICMA, the leading global card association for card manufacturers, personalizers,…
Flocking-Embedded Gift Card Enhances Cardholder Interaction: Élan Award Winner
Flocking is a special process that embeds short fibers into the surface pores of a substrate. It’s widely used in industries such as toys, textiles, home furnishings and…
Enhancing Competitiveness Through Small Order Processing
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA To effectively compete against low-cost, high-volume competitors, businesses must embrace personalization and small order processing as key value drivers. However, establishing a…
ANSI/INCITS Standards Update
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative In the last issue of Card Manufacturing, I gave an update on the current activities in International…
ICMA Reveals 2024 Élan Award Winners
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA ICMA’s Élan Awards of Excellence honors companies that are at the forefront of the worldwide transaction card industry. For more than 30 years,…
Four Advantages of an Open EMV Card Personalization Platform
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Payment cards have evolved into indispensable tools for secure transactions in today’s digital era. With the global demand for payment cards steadily…
ICMA Reveals 2024 Élan Award Winners Leading the Global Transaction Card Industry
ICMA’s Élan Awards of Excellence honors companies that are at the forefront of the worldwide transaction card industry. For more than 30 years, the Élan Awards have established the…
ISO Standards Update
At the ICMA EXPO last year, I advised those who attended my presentation that we were on schedule to issue a substantially revised ISO/IEC 24789 Card Durability Standard…
Premiumization and Hyper-Personalization: Transforming Consumer Expectations
In the dynamic landscape of consumer engagement, the expectations placed upon companies are in a state of perpetual flux. Two discernible trends that have crystalized in recent years…