World-first technology combines payment card and authentication in a single device

[pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz]

"R.A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com> forwards:

> World-first technology combines payment card and authentication in a single
> device
>
> October 24, 2007 A next-generation credit card that incorporates a
> 12-button keyboard, a microprocessor and an embedded alphanumeric display
> promises to provide unprecedented security in phone and online banking
> transactions.

Wow, someone's reinvented the Super Smart Card, circa 1989.

Peter.