CPI Card Group® Earns Multiple Recognitions at the ICMA’s Élan Awards
January 19 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Company Wins Top Honors in Three Categories for
Excellence in Card Manufacturing, Personalization and
Fulfillment
CPI Card Group Inc. (OTCQX: PMTS, TSX: PMTS) (“CPI” or the
“Company”), a payment technology company and leading provider of
credit, debit and prepaid solutions, today announced recognitions
the Company received from the International Card Manufacturers
Association’s (ICMA) 2020 Élan Awards of Excellence. The awards
celebrate the pinnacle of design innovation, security and technical
achievements in the global card industry.
CPI® was named winner in the Best Personalization &
Fulfillment (P&F) Product, Service or Project category for its
work with Oxygen Bank in creating the Oxygen Debit Card Package.
For its collaboration with Oxygen, CPI provided end-to-end support
to design, produce and deliver personal and business debit cards
tailored to the bank’s unique audience of independent
professionals. The Company developed two packages with clean and
crisply-designed vertical cards arriving nested in interactive
packaging, with back-of-card personalization completing the
high-end look and feel.
CPI also received top honors in the Best Secure Payment Card
category for the BMW Card, created in collaboration with US Bank
and BMW Financial Services NA, LLC. The BMW Card was designed to
evoke the same emotion, performance and premium quality that has
defined the BMW brand for decades. Printed on a blue core, the card
prominently features the iconic BMW Roundel in full color, while a
layer of spot varnish and raised digital-metal ink punctuates the
company brand on the card surface. Through CPI’s innovative print
technique, the BMW Card brings a tactile, physical quality to the
Roundel and an elevated look overall – eliciting the excitement,
performance and sophistication that is emulative of BMW itself.
Additionally, the Company was named a finalist in the same category
for its work with Barclays and RCI, the world’s largest vacation
exchange company, in developing the RCI Ocean EMV® Card. The card,
which features an aerial beach photograph, brings the shimmering
surf to life, creating an undulating, almost holographic look that
appears to move in three dimensions.
This year, the Élan Awards also introduced Best Secure Metal
Payments Cards as a new award category. CPI was named the winner in
the category in its inaugural year, for the PSCU Corporate Card,
created in collaboration with PSCU, the nation’s premier payments
credit union service organization. The PSCU Corporate Card brings
together CPI’s patented encased tungsten core, dual interface
expertise and high-quality design strengths, resulting in a
polished and refined metal card experience with contactless payment
capability.
“Each year, the Élan Awards cast a spotlight on the best in the
global card industry, honoring world-class achievements in both
card design and technological advances that will power the future
of the industry,” said Jeffrey Barnhart, executive director and
founder of the ICMA. “Even during these unprecedented times, this
year’s entries were just as impressive as ever, pushing the
boundaries with new advances, superior manufacturing techniques,
innovative security features and superb design quality.”
“We are thrilled to earn such a variety of awards and honors
from the ICMA, collectively showcasing the broad scope of our
innovation and excellence when it comes to creating and delivering
world-class payments products,” said Guy DiMaggio, SVP and General
Manager, Secure Card Solutions, CPI Card Group. “This recognition
is validation for the hard work and commitment our team brings to
the table for customers, helping companies not only realize their
vision for a payment card but also the cardholder and payment
experience overall. We look forward to creating more award-winning
products as we collaborate with companies on innovative card
programs.”
About CPI Card Group®
CPI Card Group® is a payment technology company and leading
provider of credit, debit and prepaid solutions delivered
physically, digitally and on-demand. CPI helps our customers foster
connections and build their brands through innovative and reliable
solutions, including financial payment cards, personalization, and
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) instant issuance. CPI has more than 20
years of experience in the payments market and is a trusted partner
to financial institutions and payments services providers. Serving
customers from locations throughout the United States, CPI has a
large network of high security facilities, each of which is
registered as PCI compliant by one or more of the payment brands:
Visa, Mastercard®, American Express® and Discover®. Learn
more at www.cpicardgroup.com.
EMV® is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries
and an unregistered trademark elsewhere. The EMV trademark is owned
by EMVCo, LLC.
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