Card Design Creativity
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Creativity, as some have defined it, is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.…
Card Packaging: A Powerful Marketing Tool, Personal Billboard for the Influencer in Us All
By Dane Whitehurst, Creative Director, Burgopak Ltd. In the world of digital banking where so many aspects have become less tangible, the physical card and its packaging have…
Card Packaging: It’s All About the Brand
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, ICMA, Managing Editor Card packaging is often thought of in the traditional sense—to make sure the card is protected in transit and on display, and…
Metal Premium Credit Cards Continue to Gain Market Share Around the World
By Jon Wilk, CompoSecure, CEO and President Today’s consumers want to differentiate themselves and be elevated to an “elite” status, wanting to create associations with their premium products.…
Physical Credentials Still Necessary in the Age of Digital Transformation
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Digital technologies are transforming how individuals connect, businesses operate and societies around the world function, but when it comes to trusted identity,…
Fingerprint Sensor Tech for Safe, Convenient Card Payments
By Petr Klupka, Vice President, Sales, EMEA, NEXT Biometrics Banking and payment cards have been issued to consumers for more than 50 years. The technical evolution of today’s…
Secure Identification
by David Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Secure identification is an interesting card industry topic. On one hand it is so simple to understand…
UPM Elevates Access Control with Secure, Convenient On-the-Go Authentication
Courtesy of HID Global The Finnish company UPM has deployed Alutel Mobility mobile devices with HID Global’s mobile reader technology and Seos® smart cards at its facility in…
Elevate Your Education, Network for Success at CardTREX
By Jennifer Kohlhepp ICMA’s CardTREX packs everything you want from a card industry conference into a day-and-a-half event. CardTREX North America and CardTREX Europe are also unique in…
2018 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…