What do Harrison Ford and Nathan from Clemson University have in Common?
BOTH WERE GREAT AT CREATING A FAKE ID Ford in the movie 1993 movie The Fugitive took an existing hospital ID that was of the "old school post a picture on a piece of cardstock and laminate it" style and cut way the owners picture and replaced it with one of his own. WOW, this was very ingenious at [...]
Why Millennials love pre-paid debit cards, fees and all.
Millennials also are much more likely to have a prepaid card than a credit card. A Bankrate survey found that almost two-thirds of 18 - to 29-year-olds don't have credit cards. But WHY? For our younger millennials, many have been raised using a pre-paid card given to them by their parents and used a teaching method to manage their finances [...]
Why We LOVE Re-transfer Printing on plastic cards.
Retransfer printing (also known as “reverse transfer”) is quickly becoming the preferred method for printing ID cards. There are numerous advantages of upgrading to a printer with retransfer technology. Below are the 10 main reasons we LOVE retransfer printers. 1) Outstanding Image Quality– If you need a crisp, clear image with vibrant colors, retransfer technology offers the best image [...]
FINANCIAL PROCESSING
Is your technology still stuck in the 70's? Active and flexible technology is what this generation of our clients are used to and in all actuality …demand. But when it comes to the Financial Market – so many of our institutions are still stuck with a rigid, hard coded systems that require extended lead times and high fees for changes. [...]
Expelling misconceptions about the security of contactless EMV payments
This subject came up a few weeks ago after a local news report on chip cards and fraud. I reached out to the local news agency for comment and received no reply. They stated that for consumers to avoid fraud with their chip card they needed to wrap their new Amarillo National Bank card in tin foil and place it [...]
Patient Safety
With budgets at an all time high and patient safety the most important factor, how do we encourage an environment of patient satisfaction? This is something we have pondered over in the last few months. Studies have concluded that in 2013 alone 400,000 premature deaths have been related to patient safety. So should we not look deeper into this issue? [...]