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…
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…
Top 6 Global Card Manufacturing and Personalization Trends for 2023
The global card manufacturing and personalization industry’s mission is clear for 2023—to serve clients with the best card products, technology and designs. In order to achieve this goal,…
ICMA Élan Award Winners: Who’s Leading the Global Transaction Card Industry?
The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA)’s Élan Awards distinguish ICMA manufacturers, suppliers and personalization/fulfillment members before their peers and customers as global industry leaders. ICMA Founder and Executive…
Card Industry Game Changers: Blockchain, NFTs and Phygitals
Blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have the ability to advance the card industry, similar to gift cards when they were introduced into the market. There’s no doubt it…
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…
How the Card Manufacturing Industry Can Go Green
The card manufacturing industry has a responsibility to go green through reducing resources, reusing materials and recycling products. Matteo Panetta, area sales manager at SPICA and a member…