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Discover Financial Services has developed a payment card made from biodegradable materials. The Riverwoods, Ill., credit card company said that its biodegradable card, announced Tuesday, is the only ...

GLS Bank, founded in Germany in 1974 at the beginning of the global environmental movement, emphasizes sustainability in every aspect of its business. But its switch from first-use plastic payment ...

SINGAPORE--Mobile operators in the country are exploring the use of biodegradable SIM (subscriber identity module) cards, should the technology become more pervasive. Spokespersons from all three ...

U.S. Bank started offering a biodegradable PVC (bioPVC) card to its Voyager commercial fleet card customers this month. “Our clients are increasingly concerned about selecting products and services ...

Polyvinyl chloride–or PVC for short–dominates the nation’s plastic-card market despite efforts to find more ecologically friendly materials. Cards made of 100% PVC account for perhaps 90% of all the ...

Vodafone Qatar has launched a SIM card pack that is made up of 100 percent biodegradable paper. In May last year, Vodafone initially redesigned their plastic SIM packs to use polypropylene, a ...

SunLife Limited has announced their switch from using plastic Love2shop Gift Cards to an environmentally friendly, compostable alternative. It follows a positive reaction to a customer trial which ...

MTN South Africa has launched eco-friendly biodegradable SIM cards. Keabetswe Mabe, GM: sustainability and B-BBEE at MTN SA, says: “As a company deeply rooted in South Africa, we are acutely aware of ...

UK-based digital banking solution goHenry has reportedly unveiled a new biodegradable debit card specifically for children. As previously reported, goHenry’s financial services, which is a debit card ...