Elevating the User Experience with Specialty Cards
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA The COVID-19 pandemic has been an accelerator in the adoption of alternative payment methods, changing payment habits among 80% of the population,…
When Design Meets Security: The Future of Secure Documents
By Amaury Chasseux, Head of Product Management BL ID, SURYS/SPS, the secure components brands of IN Groupe The fight against identity fraud and document forgery remains a top…
Selecting the Right Ink Technology for ID Card Printing
By Jim Meier, Senior Director of Product Marketing, HID Global Organizations producing high-resolution identification cards have an array of card printers from which to choose. Understanding that not…
Bringing Security to Contactless Biometric Payment Cards
By Henrik Nilsson, Director of Product Management Payments & Access, Fingerprint Cards 1. BIOMETRICS IN CONTACTLESS PAYMENT CARDS 1.1 Improving the user experience of contactless In the last…
Pioneering the Way with Security
By René Stoerk, Sales Director, Atlantic Zeiser Ten years ago, drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet technology began to be used in the personalization of government ID cards, voter IDs, driver’s…
Biometric Cardholder Authentication
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Like all things with cards, especially technology on cards, cardholder authentication has seen long evolutionary change. When…
How the Pandemic is Driving Demand for Sustainable Card Materials
By Ian Brown, Business Development Director, Nu Agencies, a part of the Nuco International Group Post the pandemic (and I know that sadly that isn’t necessarily the case…
The Clean Way to Circularity
By Daniel Lützelschwab, Partner, Folienwerk Wolfen The circular economy is a functioning business case and a win‐win solution for the economy, the environment and society. It puts sustainable…
European Region Card Market Valued at $5.65 Billion in 2020
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA The European region of the global card industry manufactured 4.8 billion cards in 2020, a 20.3% decrease in unit volume from the…
Card Manufacturers Accelerating Use of ‘Green’ Materials
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative While the adoption of eco-friendly and sustainable materials in card manufacturing has been of niche interest for…