Essays Tagged: "smart cards"

Virtual Banking

0............ ABOUT THE INTERNET04.00............ VIRTUAL BANKING AND APPLICATIONS04.01............ SMART CARDS05.00............ EXAMPLES06.00............ SECURITY ON THE INTERNET06.01............ CRY ... services to its 10 million customers (Kay, A., Communications Week, August 14, l995, p.36-40).05.00 SMART CARDSEmployees at Bank of America, Chemical, Wells Fargo, and other large U.S. banks use them ...

(7 pages) 403 1 2.9 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Smart Cards.

SMART CARDSIntroductionA smart card, a type of chip card, is a plastic card embedded with a computer ... ory or microprocessor. The card data is transacted via a reader that is part of a computing system. Smart card enhanced systems are in use today throughout several key applications, including healthca ... rtation. To various degrees, all applications can benefit from the added features and security that smart cards provide.ApplicationsFirst introduced in Europe over a decade ago, smart cards debuted as ...

(3 pages) 164 0 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

What is E-Commerce?

ng technologies such as the Web, electronic data interchange, email, electronic fund transfers, and smart cards. Global electronic commerce has exploded in recent years. According to O'Reilly & As ... nd be easily used by an Internet browser. To make them portable, some companies are storing them on smart cards. The smart card can then be inserted into a reader connected to a computer or kiosk devi ...

(5 pages) 352 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Smart Card Advantages. What are the advantages of smart cards?

Compared to conventional data transmission devices such as magnetic-stripe cards, smart cards offer enhanced security, convenience and economic benefits. In addition, smart card-base ... ual needs. Finally, the multi functionality aspayment, application and networking devices renders a smart card as a perfect user interface in a mobile, networked economy.SecuritySmart cards incorporat ... networks. Coupled with biometricauthentication methods which rely on personal physical attributes, smart cards are used in distributing government welfare payments in order to reduce frauds and abuse ...

(2 pages) 99 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Java

before. And soon the Java platform will be built into next-generation telephones, TV set-top boxes, smart cards that fit in your wallet, and many other consumer and business devices. Perhaps the most ... be able to access tailored applications from a mobile phone based on the Java platform, or even use smart cards as a pass key to everything from the cash machine to ski lifts.Networks require software ...

(6 pages) 233 0 4.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Programming Languages

How E-commerce capabilities have affected international business

stems. E-commerce includes buying and selling any item over the Internet, electronic fund transfer, smart cards, and all other methods of conducting business over digital networks. A good example is A ...

(11 pages) 423 0 4.4 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Information Technology in Banking and Financial Institutions

r technologies which are used nowadays include Internet banking, mobile banking, telephone banking, smart cards, credit cards, and automated teller machines (ATM's). These methods allow customers to c ... re appropriate whilst in the case of the Bank of Valletta a local area network seemed more adequate.Smart cards and credit cards are another two electronic forms of payment offered by banks. The actua ...

(6 pages) 140 1 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Smart Cards

Smart cards have been around for several years. The main reason the smart card was invented is becau ... The traditional strip is easily cloned and prone to lose its information over a period of time. The smart card is extremely hard to clone. Satellite dishes uses smart cards now, which is also known as ... ceiver and you will get hundreds of channels.GSM cards or better known as Global Sim cards are also smart cards. It is the little card that is in most of the new phones. The card carries information l ...

(1 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Information Technology & Banks

r technologies which are used nowadays include Internet banking, mobile banking, telephone banking, smart cards, credit cards, and automated teller machines (ATM's). These methods allow customers to c ... al-time information and mobile payment accessibility for example buying top-up cards for your mobileSmart cards and credit cards are another two electronic forms of payment offered by banks. The actua ...

(3 pages) 58 0 3.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

What's So Smart About Smart Cards?

What's So Smart About Smart Cards? Since the early 1990's, smart cards have been introduced into different are ... nt areas of life around the globe. From finance to telecommunications to heath care and government, smart cards are one of the latest additions to the world of information technology.Similar in size t ... of the latest additions to the world of information technology.Similar in size to a credit card, a smart card looks very much like the magnetic stripe credit or debit cards we use every day to access ...

(9 pages) 51 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Internet and small businesses

ty, electronic document management, workflow processing, middleware, barcoding, imaging processing, smart cards, voice responses, and networking.Among those technologies, the one which has recently be ...

(8 pages) 30 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers