Card Packaging: A Powerful Marketing Tool, Personal Billboard for the Influencer in Us All
By Dane Whitehurst, Creative Director, Burgopak Ltd. In the world of digital banking where so many aspects have become less tangible, the physical card and its packaging have…
Card Packaging: It’s All About the Brand
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, ICMA, Managing Editor Card packaging is often thought of in the traditional sense—to make sure the card is protected in transit and on display, and…
Metal Premium Credit Cards Continue to Gain Market Share Around the World
By Jon Wilk, CompoSecure, CEO and President Today’s consumers want to differentiate themselves and be elevated to an “elite” status, wanting to create associations with their premium products.…
Physical Credentials Still Necessary in the Age of Digital Transformation
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Digital technologies are transforming how individuals connect, businesses operate and societies around the world function, but when it comes to trusted identity,…
Fingerprint Sensor Tech for Safe, Convenient Card Payments
By Petr Klupka, Vice President, Sales, EMEA, NEXT Biometrics Banking and payment cards have been issued to consumers for more than 50 years. The technical evolution of today’s…
Secure Identification
by David Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Secure identification is an interesting card industry topic. On one hand it is so simple to understand…
UPM Elevates Access Control with Secure, Convenient On-the-Go Authentication
Courtesy of HID Global The Finnish company UPM has deployed Alutel Mobility mobile devices with HID Global’s mobile reader technology and Seos® smart cards at its facility in…
Elevate Your Education, Network for Success at CardTREX
By Jennifer Kohlhepp ICMA’s CardTREX packs everything you want from a card industry conference into a day-and-a-half event. CardTREX North America and CardTREX Europe are also unique in…
2018 EUROPEAN CARD INDUSTRY STATISTICS AND MARKET TRENDS
By Al Vrancart – ICMA Founder Emeritus and Industry Advisor The European region, which consists of all EU countries, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, former Soviet countries and…
5 SMART WEBSITE LEAD GENERATION STRATEGIES
By Daniel Beldowicz – Director of Digital Marketing, ICMA Are you looking to get your business in front of qualified prospects? Grab their attention? Catch their interest in…
CARD MANUFACTURING SMARTIFICATION: LATEST ADVANCES IN FACTORY AUTOMATION
By Alexander Bauer – Software Engineer, Mühlbauer GmbH & Co. KG Technology is evolving faster than ever before. Automation and smartification are constantly transforming the world in which…
CARD PRODUCT PROLIFERATION DEMANDS NEW MATERIALS
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative The recent ICMA Card Market Report from Al Vrancart, founder emeritus and industry advisor for ICMA,…