Scratch card, also known as scratch voucher is a small token, usually made of cardboard or PVC and available in different shapes. Scratch card is a very popular and widely used product in the world. Yearly consumption among telecom operators reaches tens of billions of cards!! 

Personalization of the scratch card usually consists in printing a secret PIN number and the corresponding serial number of the card. Other features can be personalized as per the layout provided by the customer: expiry date, bar code...

The challenge in the industrialization process of such product is to manufacture a product that is both highly secure and financially optimized. Not only has FutureCard successfully combined these parameters in all its product range without any compromise but many other security features have also been included.

Scratch card features

Card body

Security on card body is an integrated part of the whole anti-counterfeit system of scratch cards. There are a wide range of choices, among them are: PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride), PS (Polystyrene) and paper (cardboard). Biodegradable and thus ecological-friendly materials can also be used.

All are available in different thickness and weight depending on customer’s requirements. 

As a finishing of the card, a varnish layer or lamination can be applied on the surface for a shiny look. 

Security

Here are the main options in order to secure the product and avoid any fraud on the secret PIN number: 

•  Light blocker to prevent PIN number revealed by heavy light: This is a specific layer which is added to

material (paperboard) to ensure total opacity of the finished product.

•  UV feature to make sure the card is a genuine one: Operator's specific designs could be overprinted

with fluorescence anti-counterfeit ink, which will show only under fluorescent lamp.

•  Various types of scratch labels made from different material: Normal label, standard hot foil,

holographic hot foil. 

•  Overlap print on scratch label to increase security: Such security feature hardens the tampering

of the label  

•  Thermal reactive ink: On the card body, some designs could be printed with thermal ink which

will change colors while temperature changes which  provides special solutions against counterfeit.

•  Anti-photocopy varnish: A specific coating that makes it impossible to Xerox a card.

Shapes

•  The standard shape is the ISO-1 format (85x54mm).

•  Other shapes and cutting formats are available to our customers either for marketing or

economical purposes - for instance: 2 in 1, 3 in 1, 4 in 1, 5 in 1, 10 in 1...