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01-11-2018, 07:00 AM
This smart credit card has a cellphone antenna inside
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Your credit card is about to get a lot smarter.*
SEE ALSO: The best tech of CES 2018 (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/best-tech-ces-2018/)
Dynamics Inc. and Sprint announced at CES 2018 (http://mashable.com/category/ces/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) a reprogrammable payment card that can be used for a bunch of different accounts: debit, credit, loyalty, and any other transaction that uses a magnetic strip.
But this card has an extra innovation: It's one of the first cards with a cellphone chip inside, and it's coming to U.S. banks.
The idea of a reprogrammable credit card isn't all that spectacular or new. The company Plastc famously disintegrated (https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffreymorrison/2017/04/29/plastc-card-is-cancelled-the-dangers-of-crowd-funding-tech/#71697b412a65) after raising $9 million (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/20/15375842/plastc-bankrupt-campaign-fold-backers) through a popular crowdfunding campaign. But this card could be different because its creator, Dynamics Inc., is already working with banks around the world using similar technology. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/10/dynamic-inc-wallet-card-cellphone-antenna-inside/)
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Your credit card is about to get a lot smarter.*
SEE ALSO: The best tech of CES 2018 (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/best-tech-ces-2018/)
Dynamics Inc. and Sprint announced at CES 2018 (http://mashable.com/category/ces/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) a reprogrammable payment card that can be used for a bunch of different accounts: debit, credit, loyalty, and any other transaction that uses a magnetic strip.
But this card has an extra innovation: It's one of the first cards with a cellphone chip inside, and it's coming to U.S. banks.
The idea of a reprogrammable credit card isn't all that spectacular or new. The company Plastc famously disintegrated (https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffreymorrison/2017/04/29/plastc-card-is-cancelled-the-dangers-of-crowd-funding-tech/#71697b412a65) after raising $9 million (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/20/15375842/plastc-bankrupt-campaign-fold-backers) through a popular crowdfunding campaign. But this card could be different because its creator, Dynamics Inc., is already working with banks around the world using similar technology. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/10/dynamic-inc-wallet-card-cellphone-antenna-inside/)
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