Card Durability Standards Revision
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative ISO/IEC 24789-1, 2 are the international standards for determination of card durability that is sometimes referred…
Serving the Aging Population: Providing an Advanced Payment Card Experience
By Jennifer Kohlhepp – Managing Editor, ICMA As the population ages, new demands and opportunities occur where payment cards can actively be involved in shaping a customer’s payment…
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…
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…
Digital Personalization: A New Cardholder Experience
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative At the ICMA EXPO in 2022, I was struck by the number of presentations related to the…
Why the Future is Phygital
By Mehdi Heidari – Head of Product Management Digital Issuance, Giesecke + Devrient (G+D) The COVID-19 pandemic fast-tracked the changing relationship between customers and their banks, as digital…
Card Trends to Keep a Pulse On in 2023
Driving innovation in the global card manufacturing and personalization industry in 2023 will mean taking risks, pushing boundaries and constantly striving for improvement. “It requires a willingness to…