Mark Nelsen, Visa’s global head of consumer payments, sees a world where the plastic card in your wallet becomes increasingly obsolete and the standard 16-digit account number becomes worthless.

Billions of credit cards end up in landfills, but some card issuers are working to incorporate sustainable and recyclable materials into new cards. It's getting easier and less expensive for card ...

Is your ration card also getting torn? The old paper-based ration cards have a major problem: they tend to tear over time.