Mr. ATWOOD: Your pilot registration card, for any warranty purposes, it will already be pre-registered for you.

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Last month, Hongkong Bank started a pilot smart-card program at two Hong Kong malls.

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It is all part of the aptly named Golden Card Project, which mainly involves implementing ATM and debit card networks at 12 pilot sites throughout the country.

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The new Treasury pilot program will provide consumers a debit card that has many features of a checking account, such as free bill paying and free ATM withdrawals at select machines.

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In 2004 the company, with USAid, launched a pilot program that lets doctors adjust an HIV patient's antiviral prescription by entering data into a card reader.

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