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Gemalto introduces credit card-sized reader for online banking

By Emily Clark

23:24 November 2, 2008 PST

Gemalto introduces credit card-sized reader for online banking

Digital security provider Gemalto has unveiled the Ezio Thin Reader, a credit card-sized authentication device for online banking, e-commerce, phone banking and other e-banking transactions that prevents the user from having to type their PIN on the vulnerable environment of a workstation keyboard. Read More

GOOD THINKING

Visa Micro Tag contactless payment device

By Emily Clark

18:09 October 4, 2007 PDT

Visa Micro Tag

October 5, 2007 Designed to allow customers to make small purchases without swiping, signing or PINs, the keychain-sized Micro Tag is Visa's smallest payment device to-date. To be issued as a companion device to existing credit, debit and prepaid cards, the Micro Tag enables payment by waving the device in front of a contactless payment terminal. Read More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Radio-equipped Visa card lets you pay your cab fare with a wave

By Loz Blain

Visa PayWave allows you to pay for your cab ride with a wave of your card.

June 13, 2007 For all the convenience of not carrying cash around, credit cards can still be a fairly cumbersome way to pay, particularly for small purcahses. Visa's PayWave system cuts the signature out of the process for transactions under $25; you simply wave your card at a sensor, wait for the green light and go. The system already has about 31,000 implementations in the United States and is now rolling out into New York taxicabs, where it will speed up the payment process. Read More

 
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