21 June 2021
Industry Warns of Impact of Chip Shortages On Payment Card Supply – Public Statement – 21st June 2021
The Smart Payment Association (SPA) draws attention to the increasing risks in payment card availability, caused by...
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15 June 2021
SPA Presidency – Chip Supply – Market Monitoring – Sustainable Cards – Digital Payments – EPI – CBDC – Policy and Standards – SPA Spring 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to be stepping into the role of SPA President during what promises to be yet anothe...
18 May 2021
2020 Smart Payment Card and Module Shipment Figures by its Members and Advisory Council Members released by Smart Payment Association
• 2.5 billion smart payments cards and modules(1) were delivered worldwide in 2020 by its Members and Advisory Coun...
22 January 2021
Offline authentication – Contactless – RSA and Elliptic Curves Cryptography – Biometric Card – Wearables – SPA New Year 2021 Message
For many of us 2021 has begun where 2020 left off: in lockdown. While I’m sure we are all keen to return to some fo...
17 November 2020
APSCA – Next Generation Cards 2020 Virtual Summit & Expo
Event: Next-Generation Cards 2020 Virtual Global Summit & Expo Date: 1-3 December 2020 Organized by: APSCA URL:...
26 October 2020
Instant Payment Card – Elliptic Curve Cryptography – Offline Authentication – EU Retail Payments Strategy – Latest SPA Newsletter – October 2020
Dear Colleagues, With the COVID-19 pandemic creating such tremendous challenges, this year millions of consumers fo...
09 June 2020
2019 Smart Payment Association Card Shipment Figures released – June 2020
• Global smart payment card shipments increased by 141 million to 2.75 billion in 2019 • Contactless cards represen...
03 May 2020
Card-based solution for instant payments in Europe – SPA’s proposition published – May 2020
New paper outlines an approach to make instant payments real at the point of sale Munich, Germany, May 4th 2020. Sm...
05 April 2020
Trustech 2020 – SPA Speaking & Supporting Organisation
30 NOV – 2 DEC 2021, Paris, France Join the community of professionals from Payments, Identification and Secu...
27 March 2020
Contactless – COVID Pandemic Statement by the Smart Payment Association – March 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic creating such tremendous challenges and impacting the lives of billions across the globe...
05 March 2020
Trustech 2019 – SPA Speaking & Supporting Organisation
26 January 2020
Five years ago we made 12 payment predictions for 2020. See how we did! January 2020
Dear Colleagues, Since the establishment of the SPA on 01 January 2005, the retail payments market has been in a co...