Demystifying Cards
Additional resources
If you would like further insights and inspiration we’d recommend the following links, books, influencers, websites and any associated content that may help you plan your journey into the world of card issuing!
Links
Links to general card and payment information:
EMVCo manages and evolves the EMV Specifications and related testing processes. This includes, but is not limited to, card and terminal evaluation, security evaluation, and management of interoperability issues.
PSD2 – Payment Services Directive
PSD2 is a European regulation for electronic payment services. It seeks to make payments more secure in Europe, boosting innovation and helping banking services adapt to new technologies. PSD2 is evidence of the increasing importance Application Programme Interfaces (APIs) are gaining in different financial sectors.
Book recommendations
- ‘The FINTECH Book‘ explores profitable opportunities by Susanne Chisti and Janos Barberis
- ‘Breaking Banks‘ profiles fintech’s entrepreneurs by Brett King
- ‘Banking 4.0’ by Brett King
- ‘Smarter Banks‘ shows how fintech is used in the real world. Why Money Management Is More Important Than Money Movement to Banks and Credit Unions by Ron Shevlin
- ‘Digital Bank‘ – Strategies to Launch or Become a Digital Bank by Chris Skinner
- ‘The Age of Cryptocurrency‘ explores the significance of the blockchain by Paul Vigna and Michael Casey
- ‘The End of Banking: Money, Credit, and the Digital Revolution’ by Jonathan McMillan
- ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’ by Prof Klaus Schwab
- ‘The Anatomy of the Swipe: Making Money Move’ by Ahmed Siddiqui
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Our platform, open API, and advanced analytics provide unprecedented control for companies to issue cards, authorise transactions, and manage payment operations with ease. Highly configurable, secure, and reliable, Marqeta built its technology from the ground up to help companies bring products to market faster, design seamless user experiences, streamline purchase flows, and reduce fraud risk.
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- Instant card issuing of virtual, tokenised, and physical cards
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