NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) has developed a biometric activated credit/debit card that uses the card holders’ fingerprint to turn on the card prior to insertion of the ...

Holding the card within close proximity to the contactless card reader sends radio waves that are converted into an electrical field that is then used to power the instant fingerprint reading of the ...

Forget about swiping or dipping your credit or debit card. After taking hold across the globe, contactless cards are beginning to expand in the United States. A 2018 study from A.T. Kearney indicates ...

The contactless readers support the global contactless EMV applications published by MasterCard and Visa, as well as MiFare technology, and non-EMV contactless payment programs from other major ...

IRVINE, Calif., October 11, 2006 – HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry, today announced the launch of FlexSmart MIFARE and DESFire Contactless Smart Card Readers. The ...

Contactless credit cards have long faced a chicken-and-egg problem: merchants hesitant to install the necessary card readers, issuers reluctant to distribute the cards until consumers can use them in ...

Farpointe Data, a DORMA Group Company, announced that its Guardian vandal-resistant and Gibraltar bullet-resistant contactless proximity card readers are ideal for installations where more durability ...

After announcing the roll-out of 2500 contactless card readers to merchants in Sydney and Melbourne, National Australia Bank will now be issuing cards capable of contactless payments. At first, only ...

Tap-to-pay scams target contactless cards in crowded spaces using hidden readers, but mobile wallets with biometric locks offer stronger protection.

Mastercard has teamed up with identity solutions firm Idemia and Singapore-based fintech MatchMove to pilot a biometric fingerprint card to authorise in-store payment transactions in Asia. The card, ...