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How AI is Modernizing Payment Card Personalization in a Regulated World

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

AI is transforming payment cards from functional tools into hyperpersonalized lifestyle statements, blending customer creativity with compliance safeguards to drive engagement, trust and brand differentiation.

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How AI is Modernizing Payment Card Personalization in a Regulated World

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

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the financial services industry, its creative and analytical capabilities are unlocking entirely new possibilities in payment card personalization and issuance. Once purely functional tools for securing transactions, payment cards are now evolving into powerful lifestyle…

Building a Greener Future: Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage

By John Sala, Marketing Director, Perfect Plastic Printing

Sustainability is no longer an optional add-on for businesses. It…

Gen Z: The Generation That Chooses—And Chooses the Extra

By Jesper Domargard, Marketing Director, CompoSecure

Gen Z is the consumer cohort every B2C company is…

LED Technology Grows Up, Offers New ‘Wow’ Factors to Card Issuers Looking to Stand Out

CPI R&D engineer discusses tech advancements, growing market for LED…

ISO Eyes New Test Methods for Eco and Sustainable Card Standards

By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative

While industry traction has been accelerating, it was observed at…

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