INDUSTRY TERMS

Prepaid Card
A card paid for at the point of sale permitting the
holder to buy goods and services up to the prepaid value.
ID card
Card which identifies both the bearer and
the issuer. All financial transaction cards are ID cards.
Personalization
Printing, encoding and programming a
card with data specific to an individual cardholder.
Lamination
Using plates on a press to fuse the various layers
of a plastic card together.
Signature Panel
The area of an ID card where the cardholder
enters a signature.
Substrate
Material upon which a plastic card is printed.
ISO
International Standards Organization, central body for formation and dissemination of industry standards for all national standard bodies.
Digitizing
Conversion of non-textual data to a digital form.
Magnetic Stripe
The strip of magnetic recording material on an ID card.