Make the Grade with Smart Cards

Replacing magnetic stripe cards with smart cards can improve efficiency and security.

A long time ago, in a place far, far away— Europe—smart cards were invented to reduce the prodigious amount of theft and fraud involved in the telecommunications industry.

In order to prohibit high-tech thieves from duplicating legitimate phone cards, a new card was developed using an embedded microchip to store data and cryptography to protect the integrity and privacy of card-related transactions.