2019 European Card Industry Statistics and Market Trends
By Al Vrancart, ICMA Founder Emeritus and Industry Advisor The European region, which consists of all EU countries, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, former Soviet countries and other…
Eco-Friendly Materials in Card Manufacturing
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Worldwide, we have seen increased concern with climate change and action to mitigate its progress. In…
Card Manufacturing: An Ongoing Evolution
By Jim Hays – Business Development Manager, CPI Card Group Retailers began issuing charge cards in the 1950s, which evolved to the first universal credit cards that could…
The Future of Access Control
Kimberly Tjoumakaris – ICMA Public Relations Manager Cards have traditionally been used for access control but there has been a recent shift toward using mobile credentials and in…
Biometric Cards Provide ‘Real ROI’ for Merchants, Issuers, Consumers
By Kimberly Tjoumakaris – ICMA Public Relations Manager With contactless card adoption and fraud on the rise in “tap-happy” markets, technology has turned to biometric authentication. Biometry is the…
2019 North American Card Industry Stats, Trends
By Al Vrancart – ICMA Founder Emeritus and Industry Advisor The North American card industry, which is made up of cards manufactured and personalized and fulfilled in the United…
Here Come the Contactless Cards!
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative In the United States, the first generation of contact EMV cards has hit, or is reaching,…
Changes in Financial Card Personalization
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Many years ago, at the dawn of machine-readable card personalization, standards were introduced to guarantee electronic transactions…
2019 Card Industry Statistics and Trends Highlights
By Al Vrancart, ICMA Founder Emeritus and Industry Advisor The global card industry manufactured 37.1 billion cards in 2019, which was 1% more than it manufactured in 2018. See…
The Road to Contactless
Mapping the journey from charge plates to payment objects—a market ready for change Although late to the game and despite some formidable challenges, the U.S. payment ecosystem, including…