By eliminating the embossing, "you essentially take the account-opening process and dramatically simplify it, from a card perspective," Mr. Dyck said. Customers do not have to wait to receive their ...

Embossed debit cards and other ghosts of technology past Many products outlive their usefulness, but it is strangely difficult for companies to let them go. John Gapper.

Time has run out for “knuckle-busters,” the clunky contraptions merchants needed for decades to accept card transactions, but their legacy—the raised characters embossed on payment cards—is proving ...