4 Key Factors Driving Eco-Friendly Products in the Payment Card Industry
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA The payment card industry currently relies heavily on PVC plastic for the six billion payment cards in circulation globally. Each PVC payment card creates…
The Growing Demand for Digital Printing
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Digital printing in card manufacturing continues to see steady growth. Many, if not most, card manufacturers augment…
Metal Cards and Biometrics: Enhancing Payment Experiences
By Jesper Domargård, Marketing Director, CompoSecure Two emerging global trends are converging to take the payment card experience to the next level—the melding of premium metal payment cards…
3 Ways Card Manufacturers Can Stand Out in Helping Issuers Adopt Sustainable Payment Cards
By Megan Anthony Bogard – Design Manager, CPI Card Group Eco-focused payment cards continue to gain popularity among both financial institutions and their customers looking for more sustainable…
CardTrex: Network with the ‘Who’s Who’ of Card Manufacturing
By Jennifer Kohlhepp – Managing Editor, ICMA Card manufacturers have an ongoing commitment to improve their productivity, performance, delivery, quality, compliance, environmental footprint and customer satisfaction. As the…
Creativity Afoot in Card Technology Elements
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative One of the most striking trends that I noticed in this year’s Élan Award entrants was…
When Design Meets Security
By Amaury Chasseux – Head of Product Management, Identity BL at SPS/SURYS ID cards are one of the most common documents that you will find in anybody’s wallet…
Unique Innovations Guide the Global Card Industry
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Card manufacturing companies including CompoSecure LLC, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and Hengbao Co. are guiding the global card manufacturing industry, according to ICMA, which…
Biometric ID Cards Gain Momentum
By David Tushie, Magellan Consulting Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative At this year’s annual ICMA EXPO in Orlando, Florida, I was struck by the number of presentations…
Smartcard Innovations Build Trust While Boosting the Digital Economy
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Payment cards, which are more dynamic than ever, are already well suited to card-present (CP) transactions. With the world becoming increasingly e-commerce-based,…
How to Generate Top-of-Wallet Behavior with Payment Cards
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Bank cards are still one of the preferred tools used by issuers to spread their brand image. Likewise, they’re used by most…
ICMA Élan Award Winners: Global Transaction Card Industry Leaders
By Jennifer Kohlhepp – Managing Editor, ICMA ICMA’s Élan Awards of Excellence represent companies that are innovating and leading the global transaction card industry. Honoring world-class achievements in card…