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Skepticism lingers over the business case for smart cards stateside
Document Type
Periodical
Source
American Banker. March 3, 1997, Vol. 162 Issue 41, p4A, 3 p.
Subject
Smart cards -- Reports
Banking industry -- Technology application
Banking, finance and accounting industries
Business
Economics
Language
ISSN
0002-7561
Abstract
A Tower Group report on the development of smart cards worldwide indicates a serge in smart card rollouts among European nations particularly in France but little activity likely in the US until 2003 or 2004. The structure of the banking industry in Europe is allegedly more conducive to the smart card applications. Potential American providers should look into debit/credit applications rather than simply focusing on electronic purse.
In what is arguably the first independent research of its kind, The Tower Group, based in Newton, MA, has recently published a study on the progress and pitfalls of smart [...]