If you’ve got a metal payment card in hand, you’re likely familiar with the “plunk” factor.
There’s a certain satisfaction inherent in removing the tangible card from your wallet, presenting it for payment and plunking it down at the sales counter — or wielding one, increasingly, for online transactions. And then there’s the added peace of mind that comes from knowing your card is on your person, keeping the financial information it unlocks away from the prying hands of fraudsters.
Jon Wilk, CEO of payment card maker CompoSecure, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, metal cards can serve as passports to a more secure, connected digital world across a variety of use cases. There’s potential, too, for the metal cards to make inroads within the cryptocurrency space, making users more comfortable about how they manage the cryptographic keys that provide access to exchanges, digital wallets and — ultimately — trading and commerce across blockchains using bitcoin and its brethren.
Read the full article: Metal Payment Cards May Be Key to Unlocking Cryptos’ Commercial Potential
