Not exact matches
An EMV or chip
card is a
standard card that contains an embedded microchip as well as a traditional
magnetic stripe.
A chip
card is a
standard - size plastic credit or charge
card with both an embedded chip and a traditional
magnetic stripe.
While traditional credit
cards work by storing user information on a
magnetic stripe, RFID (which comes
standard on most new
cards) stores information about the
card and its owner in a small microchip.
In Europe and around the world these
cards are the payment
standard so if you only have a
magnetic stripe card you run the risk of not being able to use it at some locations.
The system, created by a company named Dynamics Inc., allows an LG phone to read and save any
standard card with a
magnetic stripe, and then send that information to the majority of payment terminals used by shops around the world.