Shipments of 4.52 billion payment cards from the world’s largest manufacturers were published in issue 1272. In issue 1273, we published shipments of 8.79 billion SIM and other nonpayment cards. Figures shown here include payment and nonpayment cards manufactured using embedded fingerprint sensor technology, metals, recycled plastic and biodegradable materials. Not all manufacturers provided this information. Lebanon-based Inkript shipped 1.10 billion cards in 2023, of which 87% used biodegradable materials and 13% of which used recycled plastic. Most of its shipments were prepaid p...