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Why Card Unboxing Still Matters in Today’s Gen Z Digital Banking World 

by Mehdi Heidari, Global Head of Product Management for Digital Card Issuance, Giesecke+Devrient  

Across industries, the package unboxing experience has become a cultural phenomenon of its own.

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Leveraging Metal Cards to Attract High-Value Customers 
By Jesper Domargård, Marketing Director, CompoSecure  Recent research from CompoSecure and Capuchin Behavioural Science shows that issuing metal cards is an incredibly efficient way for banks and fintechs to acquire high-value customers, to encourage…

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Why Card Unboxing Still Matters in Today’s Gen Z Digital Banking World  

By Mehdi Heidari, Global Head of Product Management for Digital Card Issuance, Giesecke+Devrient    Across industries, the package unboxing experience…

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Why Card Unboxing Still Matters in Today’s Gen Z Digital Banking World  

By Mehdi Heidari, Global Head of Product Management for Digital Card Issuance, Giesecke+Devrient    Across industries, the package unboxing experience…

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Why Card Unboxing Still Matters in Today’s Gen Z Digital Banking World  

By Mehdi Heidari, Global Head of Product Management for Digital Card Issuance, Giesecke+Devrient    Across industries, the package unboxing experience…

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Why Card Unboxing Still Matters in Today’s Gen Z Digital Banking World  

By Mehdi Heidari, Global Head of Product Management for Digital Card Issuance, Giesecke+Devrient    Across industries, the package unboxing experience…

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The Metal Card Revolution in Web3/Crypto Payments

Web3 was built to be borderless, digital-first and always-on. So why are some of the...

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ICMA Launches On-Demand ACE-M Training for the Global Card Industry 

Card manufacturing and personalization/fulfillment are unforgiving disciplines. The work is highly specialized, quality expectations are exacting and...

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Building Momentum: How ICMA Helps Card Industry Professionals Grow, Lead and Shape the Future 

In today’s rapidly evolving card industry—where physical and digital technologies intersect and security, sustainability and...

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