Credit Card Issuance: Strategies & Solutions
A suite for payments leaders to explore credit card trends, data-packed reports, and insights on why offering a robust credit card program drives revenue and builds loyalty.
Featured Articles

Offering a Best-In-Class Mobile Banking App Is Easier Than You Think
Community banks can now deliver premium mobile banking experiences without breaking the bank. Here’s the playbook for digital success.

Yes, You Can Compete with the Major Card Issuers. But It Takes Creativity and Focus.
Step 1: Stop burning money in traditional card marketing efforts. Step 2: Think like a scrappy startup.

How Small Banks and Credit Unions Can Compete in Consumer Rewards
Rewards programs must balancing customer appeal with profitability, while competing against major players in a cutthroat market.

2025 Will Be the Year of the Credit Card
Credit cards are increasingly the lion’s share of new account openings, eclipsing checking and saving accounts. How can you leverage card demand for growth?
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5 Steps to Banking App Success
To stay competitive, financial institutions must invest in intuitive, secure, and feature-rich mobile apps that enhance user experience, reduce attrition, and attract new customers.

Digital Payments Evolution: Virtual Cards Poised to Take Off
Financial institutions that align with evolving consumer behavior — especially around mobile wallets and one-time-use features — can usher in the next wave of digital payment innovation.

Hear What Elan Partners are Saying
In this short video, our partners share how trust, values, and customer experience, shape their partnership with Elan.

Inside an Elan Partnership, Tech and Customer Satisfaction
Learn about the inner workings of an Elan partnership including the role of account executives, logistics of a conversion, cardmember services, scalable technology, and more.

The Power of an Issuing Partner
Watch the video to learn how Elan’s turnkey credit card issuing solution can benefit your financial institution.

Mobile Experience for Cardmembers
Elan's enhanced mobile app has received a 4.8 out of 5 stars in the Apple App Store since it launched, Enjoy a preview of what your customers can expect from Elan.

Optimizing Your Credit Card Rewards Program
How does your rewards program influence consumer decisions? What are today’s preferred benefits? This whitepaper outlines what to consider.

5 Evolving Attack Methods in Credit Card Fraud
Learn about cyber attack methods, impacts of fraud losses and strategies to mitigate fraud for your financial institution and customers.

Past, Present, Future: Technology in Payments
Learn what digital capabilities and solutions are trending, how much financial institutions are investing, and what’s next in payments innovation.

Consumers' Financial Health and Spending Priorities Guide
Learn what influences consumer selection of credit cards, motives for seeking a new card and spending habits of new cardholders in this new report.