Secure your payment methods with SmartTokenization™ technology, enabling custom limits to prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions and enhance the customer-merchant experience.
Electronic paper, or e-paper displays, are ones that mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. Unlike conventional backlit flat panel displays, ePaper displays can show images, almost indefinitely, using only microscopic amounts of power. With a wide contrast ratio, and viewing angle approaching that of normal paper they allow Card+ to be an interactive device, keeping you informed and in control of your card.
Touch sensitive interface supporting unique PIN/Gesture/Sign for lock/unlock of your personalized Card+. The touch interface also allows you to interact, and directly control Your Card+, without reliance on SmartPhone, Bank/ATM or devices. Is your SmartPhone Battery just about dead? Not a problem, you can still pay for dinner with Card+.
ISO 7816 is the international standard for smart cards, further enhanced by EMV® (Europay® Mastercard® Visa®) for use in payment cards. Also known as “Chip & PIN” the embedded microprocessor chip enables payment card to securely store, verify and protect cardholder information during payment transactions.
NFC (Near-field communication). The future of payment is wireless and contact-free. Pay with the convenience of just waving your wallet/purse, without removing the Card. And with Card+ do so with confidence that no one can read your electronic device information, nor your Identity, nor spend your money, without your knowledge. Card+ intelligently discriminates when your electronic device is actively being used by you, and protects you without RFID sleeves or shielded wallets, and without impacting the convenience of Contactless Payment.
Optical sensor array helps Card+ know when the wallet is open, in use. And with LED lighting-up to give visual feedback : let’s the user know there’s something important to read on the card’s display. Perhaps a special discount, only available today, at this merchant location, using Card+?
Card+ includes accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyro. With multi-axis motion-sensing to enable the kinds of IoT intelligence, payments has always longed for. Example: detecting a wave & gesture for safe & easy contactless NFC payment - without radiating electronic device info when at rest in pocket, or purse. Or detecting if the wallet was dropped, and instantly auto–lock, requiring a PIN before further use, to make sure it was retrieved by the card's owner.
Pair Card+ with your trusted computing device (PC, SmartPhone), using the latest low-energy wireless connection. Keeping track of your payment card, it's use, and synchronizing Card+ activity for account management, and location/merchant rewards.
Ever left your wallet at home and need to pay for something? With an NFC-enabled companion device (such as a SmartPhone) you still can access your Card+ securely over the internet.*Optional feature, not available in all models.
The familiar magnetic stripe (invented in the 1960's by IBM) is replaced by a dynamic element that generates a compatible magnetic field, which is interpreted by existing Point-Of-Sale (POS) readers, exactly as if an old card was being swiped. The Card+ dynamic mag-strip emulation technology goes further recreating the digital information needed on all of the tracks needed, to achieve the broadest compatibility.
Finally, IoT helps bridge the gap between payments and the Web. Connecting only as needed, from Card+ to eCommerce & Mobile Pay, without storing sensitive information, in SmartPhone, PC, Digital Wallet. Create limited-use payment information, just for the specific purchase & merchant. Quickly & securely fill-in an eCommerce checkout page with one-click. Or enhance the Online shopping experience when a Rewards Card is nearby. Even sharing through Social Media, and more.
CardWare is the framework enabling banks, issuers, merchant and trusted developers to extend the Card+ platform, creating customized applications, rewards & loyalty programs, enhance the mobile wallet, and your payment experience, with location and social awareness. We believe in extending the card, as a platform, beyond its original abilities and tailoring it for applications, far beyond our wildest expectations.