Standard size of plastic card

Since plastic cards are issueda lot of different accessories, then they try to make their sizes approximately the same, so that they fit for any needs. That is, both the standard pass and the "discount" card, and even the one issued by the bank, have relatively similar parameters. The standard size of a plastic card is determined by ISO 7810. It is thanks to this that all cards issued by absolutely any bank can be used freely in all ATMs.

Bank cards

The size of the plastic card, the same for allbanks, appeared not just. First of all, these financial institutions were interested in getting as many users or clients as possible, even if only for the time when he uses an ATM of his own bank. With each client, such an organization receives its kopeck of income by withdrawing a commission directly from a person's account or by demanding compensation for services from a partner bank. That is, all such institutions were very interested in unifying this parameter. However, it was necessary to determine the dimensions of this means of payment, and it was necessary to take into account not only the convenience of banks, but also the comfort of use. As a result of continuous research, a single size of a plastic card was chosen, the layout of which was offered to all interested organizations. The selected parameters allow you not to lose the card in a random way, keep it convenient and use it, and in addition, it can be covered with relatively extensive advertising or any other information.

Omissions

For a long time plastic cards usedOnly as a means of payment, providing remote access to the owner's account. However, a little later, other organizations also appreciated the convenience of using such a tool and adapted it for their own needs. Due to the fact that the main work to identify the optimal parameters for what you can use the size of cards, plastic devices began to appear more and more. In particular, they began to be actively used as passes to various factories, firms, enterprises of all kinds of ownership, government structures and so on. In general, everywhere, where it would be convenient to use plastic cards, both in terms of security, and in terms of comfort.

Discount cards

Soon, in stores, retail chains andother different points of sales have realized their benefits from the use of such devices. The size of a plastic card in cm is only 8.56 at 5.398 to 0.076 mm, so the buyer will not protest against its delivery, as it does not burden them and can provide additional bonuses, discounts and other advantages for further purchases in the specified retail network. It is believed that in this way the stores lure more and more buyers, but it's not just that. Since a plastic card of this type is used after all the purchases have been punched, all information about them is sent to a special server. There it is already analyzed and submitted to the management, which on its basis can predict the approximate costs of certain groups of goods, plan their purchase in advance and in general, optimize the sales process as much as possible, which will greatly affect the profit and will yield such a high income at comparable costs, as far as this is possible.

Souvenir cards

Among other things, the small sizeplastic card (in inches this is only 3.37 at 2.13 at 0.03) allows not only convenient and comfortable to carry it with you, but also carry a fairly large (by advertising standards) information. For such needs, plastic cards are used by various companies selling or making souvenirs, producing simply beautiful cards or as an addition to the souvenir itself, or as a souvenir, quite modern and unique, which is very appreciated in certain societies.

Business Cards

Appreciate the convenience and many rich or powerfulpeople ordering their own business cards on plastic cards. However, here the dimensions of the cards, plastic or cardboard, can vary quite widely, within 0.13 millimeters in width, 0.06 millimeters in length and 0.08 millimeters in thickness, since it is within these limits, in most cases, issue cards appropriate equipment, also standardized. To have such a business card is quite prestigious, it almost immediately makes it possible to determine if not the status, then at least the income level of a person, which is very useful in certain circles. The size of the plastic card that is used in this way can be anything at all, but it is the standard that produces all the accessories, which is the main incentive all to the same as mentioned in the beginning of the unification article.

Identity cards

All kinds of identity cards, includingand driver's license, are also often issued on the same principle as conventional ones. They are also quite different from each other, and the standard size of the plastic card is rarely observed. Here it is already done specifically to not, if necessary, confuse the payment with an identity card (or any other certificate). Despite this point, the issued documents still have roughly comparable (for example, 8.6 by 5.4 cm) card sizes. There are a lot of plastic ones among them, but it is not legally fixed, which theoretically allows producing such certificates even on cardboard. Most drivers still prefer plastic options, as they last longer, and you do not need to worry about safety.

Outcomes

In general, the size of the plastic cardor other type in most cases is due to the convenience of use from the perspective of the user, since otherwise such a convenient tool that allows you to track various operations or even move (in the option of a pass or identity), no one would have used. It should be noted that there are a lot of all kinds of enterprises that offer non-standard sizes for cards, plastic, cardboard or any other materials that the customer needs for sale. Clients of such organizations are developers of table games, which require similar plastic devices, very different from the accepted sizes, various exclusive souvenir shops, the same retail chains, and many other businesses that want to stand out against the general background.