While financial experts are looking at the future of means of payment, some companies have already taken the matter in hand. MasterCard unveiled Thursday, November 8, 2012 a new card that includes a built-in screen and touch buttons. The company is in partnership with the Standard Chartered Bank Singapore to create the first interactive credit card in Singapore.
The objective is to enable the user to generate a unique key and temporary use to validate a transaction online. You must use the keyboard to type a code which will then allow access to the key on the LCD screen. The company said in a statement that the credit card in the future could display other information as ( credit balance, a summary of loyalty points, recent transactions ... ).
For the moment, MasterCard Display will be offered to customers online Standard Chartered Online Banking. For Matthew Driver President of MasterCard in Southeast Asia, ( the innovative features of the Display Card respond to a growing demand for safety of the users for credit cards. It will also allow them to do more with their credit cards ).
Last year, Visa has also presented a credit card with a keyboard and a LCD 48 x 8 pixels, that can display a security code validating online shopping. After being tested for a year, the CodeSure Matrix Display Card is available in Europe.
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