Serving the Aging Population: Providing an Advanced Payment Card Experience
As the population ages, new demands and opportunities occur where payment cards can actively be involved in shaping a customer’s payment journey. The growing number of older people…
Declining Card Volume: The Economics and Solution
Throughout history, many forms and methods of making payment supporting commerce have been invented beyond cash and coin. From the first checkbook to the creation of payment cards,…
Road to Sustainability: Eco-Friendly Card Body Materials and Industry Certifications
Eco-friendly materials for card bodies have become a sustainability trend. In 2022, more than 100 million payment cards manufactured from non-first-use PVC were expected be issued. This number…
How Smartcard Innovations Are Building Trust While Boosting the Digital Economy
The card manufacturing industry has seen shifts in e-commerce and other payment innovations over the last few years. With these innovations comes risks such as financial crime, fraud…
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…