Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Business

Business

1. Business

CPI Card Group Inc. (which, together with its subsidiary companies, is referred to herein as “CPI” or the “Company”) is a payments technology company providing a comprehensive range of payment cards and related digital solutions. CPI is a leader in several areas of the U.S. payment card solutions market, including debit and credit card production, personalization, and SaaS-based instant issuance services. CPI is also a market leader in the production of Prepaid Debit Cards and related secure packaging solutions.

CPI’s revenues are primarily generated from the production of and services related to secure debit and credit cards that are issued on the networks of the Payment Card Brands (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover), including Prepaid Debit Cards. The Company’s business consists of the following reportable segments:

● Debit and Credit: primarily produces secure debit and credit cards and provides card services for U.S. card-issuing financial institutions. Services include personalization; instant issuance, which provides customers the ability to issue an instant personalized debit or credit card on-demand within a customer location; and other payment solutions such as digital push provisioning for mobile wallets;

● Prepaid Debit: primarily provides secure packaging solutions, Prepaid Debit Cards, and other integrated prepaid card services, to prepaid program managers in the U.S.; and

● Other: primarily corporate expenses.