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Rewriting the Sustainability Playbook

Jennifer Kohlhepp, ICMA Managing Editor

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Rewriting the Sustainability Playbook: Why the Card Industry Must Think Bigger

By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA

At this year’s ICMA EXPO, David Nicholson, director of corporate sustainability and EHS at CPI Card Group, delivered a timely and thought-provoking call to action for the card industry—urging stakeholders to think beyond recycled substrates and instead reframe sustainability as…

ICMA Celebrates Global Card Innovation at the 2025 Élan Awards of Excellence

The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA), a global trade association…

Rapid Progress in Global Standards for Physical and Mobile Driver's Licenses

By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative

International driver’s license standards development activity has been at a…

Using the Card ‘Beyond’ Payments to Find the Holy Grail

By Amanda Gourbault, Chief Revenue Officer, CompoSecure

The Friction vs. Fraud Dilemma It appears that the “holy…

Removing the 16-Digit Card Number and Beyond

By Ahmet Alptekin and Bora Göknar

There were several news outlets reporting in February on Mastercard’s…

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Meet the Global Card Industry's New ACE

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