Digital Printing’s Impact on the Transaction Card Industry
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Anything that can go digital will go digital. Print is no exception. In the transaction card industry, print is not dead—it is…
Creativity Can’t Be Quarantined
by Jon Wilk, CEO, CompoSecure Like many in the payment card industry, most of our business used to be handled face-to-face because we believed that nothing was better…
How to Design Physical Security Features on Electronic Elements to Create a Unique National ID
by Dominique Charrie, Director for ID, SPS/IN Groupe Over the last several decades, electronic components have been increasingly implemented in security documents: national ID cards, driving licenses, health…
Marketing Card Projects to Millennials and Generation Z
by Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Millennials and members of Generation Z are widely known for prioritizing experiences over products. That’s why, according to A2A Studio Solutions Creative…
The Magnetic Stripe as a Design Feature in Plastic Cards
by Aida Aranda, Global Business Development Manager, Composite Materials, Sun Chemical Now more than ever, companies are looking to differentiate from their competitors by creating a solid corporate…
Card Creativity and Design
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Most of us have heard the adage “necessity is the mother of invention”. By definition, this is…
Digital IDs are Coming
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative With the recent implementation of social distancing around the world, resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, our digital…
Card Market Trends Beyond COVID-19
By Kimberly Tjoumakaris, ICMA Public Relations Manager Rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic will be gradual for card manufacturers with certain card market segments more impacted than others. Credit…
Card Manufacturing Plants Pivot Operations Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
By Kimberly Tjoumakaris, ICMA Public Relations Manager The COVID-19 pandemic has caused business interruptions across the globe and it is likely these disruptions will continue until there is…
ICMA Launches New Virtual Training Series
ICMA has expanded its Advanced Card Education (ACE) program to include a new virtual training series. The first training in the series is ACE-Commercial training. The purpose of…