ICMA Reveals 2024 Élan Award Winners Leading the Global Transaction Card Industry
ICMA’s Élan Awards of Excellence honors companies that are at the forefront of the worldwide transaction card industry. For more than 30 years, the Élan Awards have established the…
Consumers Demand Gift, Loyalty Cards
Did you know that 93 percent of American consumers received or gave a gift card in the last 12 months? Or that gift cards have been the top…
Card Manufacturers Choose Eco-Friendly Inks
On a global scale, card manufacturers are moving toward dramatically reducing the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the production of plastic cards. VOCs are a major…
2017 European Trends: Chip Card Units Soar 9.8%
One thing’s for certain: Europe is demanding more privacy through more secure cards. Chip card units increased 9.8 percent during the prior year with more than 3.53 billion…
EMV Challenges: Extending Useful Life of Cards to 5 Years
Transitioning from traditional magnetic stripe cards to EMV chip cards was a major change for the card manufacturing industry. Now, three years into the transition in the United…
Africa, Asia: The Next Frontier for ID Cards
Some countries issue biometric ID cards to their citizens. Others use chip cards. Still others use paper cards. And some countries don’t use any cards at all. Michel…
US Subcommittee Rejects Suggestions to Card Manufacturing, Testing Standards
How do we know that payment, ID and loyalty cards do what they’re actually supposed to do? Well, that’s where standards come in. The International Organization for Standardization…
Catching the Wave of Dual-Interface Cards in the U.S.
Dual-interface cards, or those with an embedded chip and antenna enabling both contact and contactless transactions, are nothing new in card manufacturing. They’re already prevalent in Europe and…
How the Élan Awards Spur Card Company Growth
So much work goes into making those plastic and metal cards that end up in people’s wallets. What the end-user sees as another piece of plastic is the…
How Card Manufacturers Embrace Change
Variuscard GmbH CEO Michael Dorner Leverages ICMA Resources As a card manufacturer in an evolving industry, change is inevitable. The marketplace is moving towards more digital, mobile and…