Last month, Hongkong Bank started a pilot smart-card program at two Hong Kong malls.
Creating passwords costs virtually nothing and smart-card readers for use at home are much cheaper too.
Customers run their credit card or customer card through the a smart-card holder installed at the pump.
PC, funds or travel tickets can be downloaded to the chip without the need for a special smart-card reader.
The corporate server recognizes your identity thanks to a card you insert in the Corona's smart-card slot, and serves up your applications and data accordingly.
Apparently some UK scoundrels teamed up with a crooked gas station attendant to nab credit card numbers from RFID smart card-enabled credit cards.
" Unlike the West, says Catherine Allen, founder of U.S.-based Smart Card Forum, the region "does not have the embedded infrastructure of magnetic-stripe cards to get rid of.
The ExxonMobile Smart Card, a chip-embedded gas-only card that is coming out later this year, will allow card holders to earn a six-cents-per-gallon credit on up to 100 gallons in each billing cycle.
Once you've selected a unit, there's a hefty list of possible add-ons, including barcode scanners, smart card readers, Gobi-running 3G, LTE and GPS options.
In Moscow old-age pensioners carry a chip-based smart card from Visa that acts as a subway pass and id card and affords them discounts at pharmacies.
Plans have been revealed for a Scotland-wide travel smart card which can be used across public transport networks.
In third phase, users were allowed secure access to their government e-mail, calendar and contacts after authenticating using a federally-mandated CAC smart card reader.
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To address these needs, this product includes a fingerprint reader and smart card reader for effective two-factor authentication.
Able to carry many times more information than an ordinary magnetic-stripe card, one smart card can be used for a variety of transactions that currently require a variety of cards.
With SimpleTap users can take advantage of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in a number of ways such as using the NFC card shipping with all 802.11ac enabled Smart Wi-Fi routers, pushing the physical WPS button on a router or pushing the WPS button in the router's browser or app interface.
Keen to avoid cumbersome, fraud-prone checks and cash, China meanwhile is leaping into smart technology with its Golden Card project.
For best protection, Ozancin recommends two-factor authentication3: adding an additional security mechanism to the password one such as a smart card or an encryption key pair.
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