Smart Card Shipments to Reach 8.46 Billion by 2030 as eSIM Transition Reshapes SIM and New Issuance Strategies Redefine the Payment Card Markets

Global smart card shipments totaled 8.32 billion in 2025 and will rise modestly to 8.46 billion by 2030, underscoring how maturity, digitization, and shifting issuance models are constraining volume ...
Machine Design

Smart Cards: The Smart Play in Transportation

What is the current state of the smart-card industry? How has COVID-19 augmented smart-card use in healthcare? How is smart-card technology ensuring safe commute amid the COVID-19 pandemic? What are ...
Forbes

SoFi’s New ‘No Deposit’ Secured Card Still Requires Cash—Here’s How It Works

Anya is a credit cards and travel writer with nearly 10 years of experience contributing content to various publications, including Forbes Advisor, NerdWallet, 10xTravel, Fodor’s and Reward Expert. As ...
Network World

Using smart cards vs. passwords for identification

A recent Datamonitor survey showed that 62% of enterprises have experienced problems relating to passwords being shared, borrowed or stolen from within their organizations. The survey of 200 ...
Krebs on Security

When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Millions of U.S. government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government ...