Sumeria and IDEMIA Secure Transactions launch “Feuille d’Émeraude”, an exceptional payment card

A payment card that makes you want to take out your card

The moment you hold Sumeria’s latest card, you immediately notice how it stands out from the crowd. Based on IDEMIA Secure Transactions’ Ultimate Metal Art (UMA) technology, Feuille d’Émeraude¹ is the heaviest contactless payment card on the French market.

Crafted with a stainless steel and tungsten core, this cutting-edge card delivers outstanding performance, durability, and ease of use, including the ability to perform contactless transactions on both sides of the card and a read range of more than 4 centimeters.

Looking at it is a pleasure in itself, as its elegance and sophistication make it incomparable. Its distinctive design resembles a thin sheet laser-cut from a gold-veined gemstone.

Moreover, the card ensures top-notch security. Forerunner in France, the card numbers are not physically visible but can be quickly viewed in the Sumeria app. From there, they can be copied and pasted with a single click making online payments easier.

A limited series for everyone

This offer from Sumeria once again extends benefits typically reserved for exclusive clients to everyone² – an approach previously used for interest on current account credit balances.

While the card will be produced in limited volumes, it will not be reserved for a given customer segment, nor subject to a minimum value of savings or income.

It will be available for all Sumeria customers for €75 beginning in early 2025.

The best of physical and digital to raise the bank’s profile

Having made payments between friends a trendy and seamless experience with its Lydia app, ACPR³ licensed Lydia Solutions is now venturing into providing digital banking solutions with Sumeria, adding a lifestyle component and a unique blend between the physical and digital payment journey.

As such, the Sumeria Feuille d’Émeraude metal card comes with an app “skin” – icon and virtual cards matching the physical card, golden background and stingray card holder – ushering in an all-encompassing experience.

Sumeria has further decided to embody this approach in the Café Sumeria that recently opened in the Aligre neighborhood in central Paris, where its staff are on-hand to talk to customers.

This first-of-its-kind offering is bound to resonate with the lifestyle of young city dwellers, who have been drawing on Sumeria’s services for more than 10 years.

We wanted this new metal card to be luxurious, original, and cutting edge. It meets just what our customers are looking for and like about Sumeria: innovation, fun to use and elegant design.
Félix Lepoutre, Sumeria VP Design

We are proud to partner with Sumeria to offer consumers a metal card that combines elegance, durability and technological performance. Resulting from an end-to-end collaboration, from design to manufacturing, this card reflects our commitment to redefining payment standards and supporting our customers in their search for differentiating innovations.
Christine Bardoulat, IDEMIA Secure Transactions VP Business France, Payment Services

¹ Emerald Leaf
² 71% of French consumers say they “would like to have a metal card”, according to a study conducted by Dentsu Insights for IDEMIA Secure Transactions, involving over 3,000 people in 12 countries, in 2023.
³ Lydia Solutions is licensed by the French central bank’s Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution to provide banking services as specified here.