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Credit Cards with Smart Chip
Implementing Contactless Payment: SmartCards
An increasing number of U.S. consumers are paying for purchases with contactless payment devices. U.S. consumers are using MasterCard® PayPass® cards, American Express® ExpressPay® key fobs and other contactless devices to speed through payment transactions at gas stations, quick-service restaurants, theaters, and other merchants across the United States. Transit systems are also adopting contactless payment devices to improve consumer convenience, increase throughput, and reduce operating costs in major U.S. metropolitan areas.
The contactless payment implementations being offered in the United States by American Express®, MasterCard® and Visa® leverage the existing magnetic stripe payments infrastructure. These new payment schemes store a secured version of Track 1 and Track 2 financial data on the contactless card chip. The card then uses RF to communicate Track 1 and Track 2 payment information to the terminal.
We highly recommend that you apply for one of the following smart chip equipped credit cards listed on this web page.
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Blue Cash® from American Express® |

Annual Fee: None
Ongoing APR: 17.24%-21.24% Variable
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Earn up to 5% cash back on everyday purchases - even gas!
- 0% intro APR on purchases for 6 months and no annual fee
- Flexibility to pay over time
- Get up to 5% cash back on everyday purchases at supermarkets, gas stations and drug stores
- Receive your cash back automatically as a statement credit
*See Terms, Conditions & Disclosures
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The Smart Card Chip Reader
A Smart Card is a plastic card resembling a traditional credit or debit card that contains a built-in integrated circuit chip used for identification and authentication purposes. There are several types of Smart Cards: Memory, CPU, Contact, Contactless (Proximity and Vicinity, Hybrid (Twin), Combi (Dual Interface).Smart Cards use a serial interface and receive their power from external sources like a card reader. The processor uses a limited instruction set for applications such as cryptography. First invented in the late 60's and it was popularized by a string of inventions from Roland Moreno in 1974. In 2000 Data Monitor announced that over 3 billion cards were in circulation worldwide. Euro Smart figures forecast that total Smart Card shipments in 2005 will be 2325 million.
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