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SmartMetric Biometric Card Brings Fingerprint Recognition Security to the Next Generation of Safe to Use Credit and Debit Cards
SmartMetric Biometric Card Brings Fingerprint Recognition Security to the Next Generation of Safe to Use Credit and Debit Cards.
About this update from Smartmetric, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nSmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME), having developed a miniature fully functional fingerprint scanner that fits inside a credit and debit card, brings the power and security of biometric technology for the next generation of credit and debit cards.\n\nConsumer research has shown that credit card users are seriously concerned about the safety of their credit card. Having a biometric protected credit card is bringing high level security technology to the credit card industry that meets the concern of the consumer for better safety and security.\n\nThe SmartMetric biometric activated credit/debit card uses standard credit card readers and ATMs where the card is inserted into the reader as well as operating wirelessly using the credit and debit card reader’s RFID reading capability.\n\nCredit and debit cards that are used in the standard credit card reader where the user puts the credit card into a physical slot on the card reader is called a contact card. A credit and debit card that isn’t inserted into a card reader but rather is held over the top of the reader is called a contactless card. This operates on an RFID emission from the reader that reads an internal RFID chip sitting inside the card. Cards that have both contact function as well as the non-contact function are called dual interface cards.\n\nSmartMetric has created a dual interface biometric fingerprint activated “dual interface” card that can be easily used across all credit and debit card reader types. Further, the SmartMetric dual interface biometric card allows for multi sourced power and power recharging. When being used contactless by bringing the card into the proximity of a contactless card reader then the SmartMetric card harvests power from the RFID electronic field being emitted from the card reader. This energy is used to power the card’s internal processor used to perform the rapid sub one second biometric fingerprint match. Importantly, not only is the card powered through this wireless energy emission but excess power is harvested wirelessly to recharge the card’s internal battery.\n\nIn the case of the card being inserted into a standard credit/debit card reader or ATM the SmartMetric card is able to draw power directly from the card reader providing a rapid recharge of the card’s internal battery. The card's in...