COMBICARD
April 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEA CONTACTLESS card that can pay for groceries without being swiped through a payment machine at a supermarket checkout counter is to be tested with consumers in Singapore. The card can store 500 times more data than that of existing smart cards - enough data storage space to hold a small novel. The so-called Combicard, produced by the electronic giants Sharp and the electronic-payments specialist Nets, can transfer data either through direct contact or close proximity to a reader. The advantage for retailers and customers is that it will dramatically ...
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