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CARTES America: How to complement card programs with NFC deployment capabilities

By Kristin Eckmann

April 3, 2013

Presenter:  Rusty Carpenter, Regional VP Track: NFC, not only payment! Date: Thursday,  25 April Time: 12:00-12:30 As NFC technology continues to be adopted throughout the world, financial institutions will have a great opportunity to capitalize on this trend by complementing their card programs without major infrastructure investments or changes to their existing processes – thus enabling [...]

CARTES America: Effective EMV Migration by Financial Issuers through Instant Issuance

By Kristin Eckmann

Presenter: Joel Munk Track: EMV implementation and financial services Date: Tuesday, 23 April Time: 10:50 – 11:10am As the financial industry experiences major change — including the adjustments the recent announcements to accelerate EMV chip migration in the U.S. by 2015 – banks are being forced to re-evaluate their business strategies to minimize costs and increase [...]

Photos from CARTES 2012

By Kristin Eckmann

November 30, 2012

Thanks to everyone who visited us at CARTES this year. Here are some photos from the show. We enjoyed our time in Paris and look forward to seeing everyone again at CARTES North America, April 23-25, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada and CARTES Asia, March 27-28, 2013 in Hong Kong.

Chase Customers Can Get Debit Cards Instantly in Branches

By Kristin Eckmann

November 26, 2012

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chase customers can get debit cards on the spot in 2,000 branches in select regions, with a focus on New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles by year-end.  They will be able to get a personalized Chase debit card when they open a new checking account or lose or damage their existing card [...]

Datacard Will Speak on Two Tracks at CARTES 2012

By Kristin Eckmann

October 30, 2012

Datacard Group will be speaking on two tracks at CARTES & IDentification 2012 on Nov. 6-8 in Paris, France. Alyssa Arredondo, senior marketing manager for Datacard Group, will present on the Smart Card Innovation: Personalization and Instant Issuing track.  Her presentation, “Proven Ways to Increase Card Program Profitability,”  will outline case studies demonstrating how card issuers have improved [...]

Leadership Roundtable: Industry Experts Discuss Key Questions in NFC Today

By Kristin Eckmann

October 23, 2012

Datacard Group will lead a panel discussion on Near Field Communications (NFC) during CARTES & Identification 2012 in Paris, France on November 8. Listen to diverse perspectives and gain strategic insights on the NFC ecosystem from this one-of-a-kind assembly of industry leaders and application experts from a variety of markets. Led by Russell St. John, [...]

Datacard Group’s Alyssa Arredondo to Speak at ATM, Debit and Pre-Paid Show 2012

By Kristin Eckmann

October 3, 2012

The session titled, “Maximizing Card Program Performance While Minimizing Costs” will be a co-presentation given by Alyssa Arredondo senior marketing manager for Datacard Group; and Donna McVea, card issuance coordinator for First National Bank of Omaha.  Part of the Debit Track, the presentation will take place on October 24th at 4:10 p.m. in Phoenix, AZ  and will [...]

Green Banking: How Instant Financial Card Issuance Can Help the Environment

By Kristin Eckmann

June 28, 2012

There is a strong movement to green banking that is taking hold in the market today.  Going green benefits both the consumer and the financial institutions who implement initiatives that are environmentally friendly. A recent survey released from Javelin Strategy & Research found that 57 percent of consumers expressed interest in green banking initiatives, and [...]