SmartMetric Says After All the Hype Over Mobile Payment the Reality Is Plastic Payments Cards Continue to Dominate - Mobile Payment Wallets Are on Only 13% of Phones and 76% of These Installed Wallets Are Never Used by Consumers
Marketwired - Fri Jul 10, 1:28PM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- SmartMetric says the recent research conducted by Gallup Research shows that mobile wallets are failing in gaining mass market usage as an alternative payments platform to that of credit and debit cards. The recent research shows that only 13% of mobile phones have an installed payments digital wallet digital on their device. These means the vast majority, in fact 87% of mobile phones don't have any type of digital wallet installed.
SmartMetric Has Commenced Production of Its Biometric Fingerprint Payments Card
Marketwired - Thu Jul 09, 9:01AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric, the creator and developer of the biometric activated payments card, has begun manufacturing.
SmartMetric Brings the Power of Biometrics to the Credit and Debit Card as a Higher Level of Security Than the Hackable PIN Used on Payment Cards
Marketwired - Tue Jul 07, 9:39AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric in creating a fingerprint activated payments card has added biometrics as a better line of security at the point of transaction. Because SmartMetric has embedded a fully functional fingerprint reader inside a credit/debit card while using the industry standard EMV contact chip the SmartMetric fingerprint activated card works with standard point of sale payment card readers and ATMs.
SmartMetric Targets the Growing 3.4 Billion Issued Chip Card Market for Its Breakthrough Fingerprint Activated Biometric Credit and Debit Cards
Marketwired - Mon Jul 06, 8:56AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) As of the end of the 4th Quarter 2014 there are now over 3.42 Billion chip cards issued and in use globally. According to figures released by the industry body, EMVco. While the United States showed a negligible number of EMV Cards issued in 2013 this figure jumped to over 100m by the end of 2014. With October 1st 2015 being the deadline for retailers to convert across to EMV retail readers throughout the United States reports are showing a dramatic increase in EMV chip cards to be issued and used in the United States by the end of 2015. It is estimated that the USA could add as much as 1 billion EMV chip cards to the already 3.42 billion in use around the world.
SmartMetric EMV Biometric Activated Chip Card Designed to Be Interoperable With Existing Global Chip Card Payment Devices and ATMs
Marketwired - Mon Jun 15, 9:08AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) The SmartMetric fingerprint activated and transaction verified biometric payments card uses the Global Banking Industry standard EMV chip in its payments cards. This allows the SmartMetric biometric card to work with the existing Global payments card infrastructure and does not require an additional reading device to be used by Banks and Retailers. "The card is completely interoperable with existing Point Of Sale payment chip card readers as well as EMV ATMs," said SmartMetric's President and CEO, Chaya Hendrick.
SmartMetric on Schedule for Its Mass Production Release of Its Fingerprint Activated Biometric Payments Card at the End of July
Marketwired - Wed Jun 10, 11:33AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric, after completing a round of funding by private equity to fund the first mass production of its revolutionary fingerprint activated biometric payments card, is on schedule for its manufacturing release at the end of this July.
Is It You Using Your Credit or Debit Card? With the SmartMetric In-Card Biometric Fingerprint Scanner Only You Can Activate and Use Your Card
Marketwired - Mon Jun 08, 10:25AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) With the non relenting onslaught of credit and debit card data theft leading to billions of dollars of losses annually the need for a stronger payments card security couldn't be more compelling.
The SmartMetric Biometric Fingerprint Activated Credit and Debit Card Uses Your Fingerprint to Turn the Card on Rather Than Relying on Easily Hacked PIN Numbers
Marketwired - Fri Jun 05, 10:00AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) - Reliance on PIN numbers and computer generated codes or tokens has proven vulnerable to data thieves that use the security weaknesses in the credit card payments system to steal billions of dollars annually. It is reported that over $14 billion was lost last year to credit card fraud, leaving not only the consumer vulnerable to their personal data being stolen but having to pay higher prices after retailers increase their prices to shoppers to cover the cost of this gigantic level of losses. Add to this the cost incurred by banks directly from card fraud who also then pass on these losses to the consumer in higher bank fees.
SmartMetric Says the Continued Rise in Credit Card Fraud Is the Driver for Adoption of Its Biometric In-Card User Validation -- for Every Dollar Lost at Retail Because of Card Fraud $3.08 Is Lost in Total by Retailers
Marketwired - Wed Jun 03, 8:08AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) In 2013 merchants lost, on average 33% greater proportion of revenue than the previous year as a direct result of payment card fraud. In addition to their fraud losses, merchants also incurred more costs, with each dollar of fraud costing them in real losses $3.08, compared to $2.79 the previous year according to a report published on the true cost of fraud by Lexis Nexus.
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SmartMetric Confirms It Is on Track for the Production and Release of Its Biometric Payments Card by the End of July 2015
Marketwired - Fri May 29, 8:40AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- The SmartMetric, in-my-card-biometrics payment and identity card, is on track for mass production release by the end of July 2015. One of the critical components inside the card is its power management system along with its internal rechargeable battery.
SmartMetric "In-My-Card" Biometrics Fingerprint Activated Card Has Up to 64 Gigabytes of Internal Memory as Well as a Cortex Processor Providing a Computing Platform in a Credit or Debit Card That Could Change the Payments Industry Forever
Marketwired - Wed May 27, 9:13AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- The SmartMetric in-my-card-biometrics payment card stands to revolutionise the card payments industry. By incorporating mass storage with a powerful in-card Cortex processor, the humble credit/debit card has been turned into a powerful computing device.
SmartMetric In-My-Card-Biometrics Adds 100% User Verification Without the Need of Pins or Passwords
Marketwired - Tue May 26, 10:50AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric, the developer and manufacturer of "in-my-card-biometrics" payment and identity cards, says its fingerprint activated card uses a person's own biometrics to validate their identity before the card is able to be used.
SmartMetric to Release Simultaneously Its New Biometric Payment Card in Both the United States and Europe
Marketwired - Thu May 21, 9:45AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- SmartMetric is in advanced stages for releasing its new biometric-activated and user-validated EMV payments card in both the United States and throughout the European Union.
SmartMetric on Track for Manufacturing Release Within 60 Days of Its Revolutionary Biometric Activated and Verified Payments Card
Marketwired - Wed May 20, 9:06AM CDT
SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) SmartMetric announced today that it is on track with its time frame for manufacturing release of its fingerprint activated and user verified biometric payments card. It is now expected that the first product release will be within the next 60 days.
FISI: 24.62 (+0.45)