Biometric Card Growth
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Biometric elements on cards continue their growth in the card industry. Cards with fingerprint sensors have been…
ICMA EXPO Presenters to Reveal Latest Card Manufacturing and Design Trends
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Despite digitalization taking hold across the world, physical cards continue to play a key role in our daily lives and will for…
True Circular Economy: A Clean, Infinite Cycle
By Daniel Lützelschwab, Agent, Folienwerk Wolfen GmbH It sounds like a vision, but it is already reality: plastic can be recycled indefinitely. This requires the elimination of toxic…
The Rising Expectations for More Customization
By Jesper Domargård, VP Marketing Financial Institutions, IDEMIA Today’s consumers are increasingly looking for products and services that are compatible with their values and lifestyle. This trend isn’t…
3 Key Ingredients to Generate Top-of-Wallet Behavior with Payment Cards
Payment is changing at a fast pace today. It’s increasingly propelled by mobile and the internet of things (IoT). However, the card manufacturing industry still can observe that…
Why It’s Time for a Recycled PVC Core
Times are changing for the card manufacturing industry. Consumers are clearer than ever before about what they want from card manufacturers—sustainable solutions for payment. This includes partners who…
Digital Printing Advancements in the Card Manufacturing Industry
Digital printing in the card manufacturing industry has grown, as advancements persist. The need to produce sustainable products continues to drive this trend. Currently, digital printing is being…
4 Top Ways to Manage Global Challenges Through Standardization
Standardization in the payment card industry, on the material level, brings multiple benefits to a company. By reducing complexity, it increases the efficiency in the whole value chain…
Digital Personalization: A New Cardholder Experience
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative At the ICMA EXPO in 2022, I was struck by the number of presentations related to the…
Why the Future is Phygital
By Mehdi Heidari – Head of Product Management Digital Issuance, Giesecke + Devrient (G+D) The COVID-19 pandemic fast-tracked the changing relationship between customers and their banks, as digital…