4 Key Factors Driving Eco-Friendly Products in the Payment Card Industry
The payment card industry currently relies heavily on PVC plastic for the six billion payment cards in circulation globally. Each PVC payment card creates on average 160-170 grams…
3 Ways Card Manufacturers Can Stand Out in Helping Issuers Adopt Sustainable Payment Cards
By Megan Anthony Bogard – Design Manager, CPI Card Group Eco-focused payment cards continue to gain popularity among both financial institutions and their customers looking for more sustainable…
CardTrex: Network with the ‘Who’s Who’ of Card Manufacturing
By Jennifer Kohlhepp – Managing Editor, ICMA Card manufacturers have an ongoing commitment to improve their productivity, performance, delivery, quality, compliance, environmental footprint and customer satisfaction. As the…
Creativity Afoot in Card Technology Elements
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative One of the most striking trends that I noticed in this year’s Élan Award entrants was…
When Design Meets Security
By Amaury Chasseux – Head of Product Management, Identity BL at SPS/SURYS ID cards are one of the most common documents that you will find in anybody’s wallet…
CardTREX: Network with the ‘Who’s Who’ of Card Manufacturing in Munich
Card manufacturers have an ongoing commitment to improve their productivity, performance, delivery, quality, compliance, environmental footprint and customer satisfaction. As the card manufacturing industry landscape continues to evolve,…
Global Leaders Transforming the Metal Card Industry
The metal card market is experiencing continuous growth. Annual shipment levels of metal payment cards will grow from 29.6 million units in 2021 to 63.6 million in 2026, a…
Design Developments in the Secure Payment Cards Industry
Banks are increasingly using payment cards as a marketing tool to communicate with their customers and show that they are at the forefront of innovation. This can drive…
Unique Innovations Guide the Global Card Industry
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Card manufacturing companies including CompoSecure LLC, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and Hengbao Co. are guiding the global card manufacturing industry, according to ICMA, which…
Biometric ID Cards Gain Momentum
By David Tushie, Magellan Consulting Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative At this year’s annual ICMA EXPO in Orlando, Florida, I was struck by the number of presentations…