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…
Studio Secrets, Practical Insights on the Power of Card Packaging
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Fintechs are winning customers by putting people at the center of their brands, not just for snappy marketing campaigns but as an…
Eco-Friendly Cards: A Real Trend for the Payments Industry
IN Groupe market analysis on eco-friendly cards market, presented by the experts of its componants brand SPS By Jorge Lara Villalobos, Marketing Manager, SPS In spite of the…
Biometric Card Advancements Accelerate
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Cards with embedded biometric sensors, primarily fingerprint, have been proposed and tested for many years. Significant advances…
North American Region Card Market Valued at $5.4 Billion in 2020
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA The North American region of the global card industry, which is made up of the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, manufactured…
How Will Quantum Computing Impact the Card Industry?
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Although it is difficult to understand, quantum mechanics is the most successful scientific theory that has ever been created and it has…
The Card Sandwich Conundrum: How Many Layers are Too Many?
By Elliot Lamb, Creative Director, Oasys Technologies Credit cards and smartcards used to be like BLTs, consisting of printed card images on sheets with three or four layers.…
Flat Card Personalization Accelerates
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative One of the clear themes at last year’s inaugural ICMA Connect event is the accelerating trend…
How to Protect Cardholders Against Microorganisms on the Card’s Surface
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Invisible enemies lurk on the surface of cards that could be detrimental to cardholders’ health. Liveo Research has studied microorganisms that live…
Global Card Industry Loses $3B in 2020
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the global card industry in 2020. All regional geographic markets and vertical markets experienced significant declines in…