Visa Expands Contactless Card Efforts
April 01, 2006
By Larry Greenemeier
Courtesy of InformationWeek
Advances in standards and technology have Visa believing now's the time for the United States to embrace radio-frequency-enabled contactless payment devices that can be waved near a sensor rather than having to be swiped through a card reader. These devices can take the form of a standard credit or debit card, a chip implanted in a cell phone, or a mini card that's about half the size of a conventional credit card.
Source: http://www.securitypipeline.com/
Courtesy of InformationWeek
Advances in standards and technology have Visa believing now's the time for the United States to embrace radio-frequency-enabled contactless payment devices that can be waved near a sensor rather than having to be swiped through a card reader. These devices can take the form of a standard credit or debit card, a chip implanted in a cell phone, or a mini card that's about half the size of a conventional credit card.
Source: http://www.securitypipeline.com/