24.7 Billion Dollars Lost in One Year From Identity Theft and SmartMetric Says the Use of Social Security Numbers as a Credible Method Of Identity Verification Has Been Seriously Compromised Causing an Increase in Financial Theft and Losses for Consumers and Financial Institutions
March 02, 2015 13:03 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Mar 2, 2015) - SmartMetric (OTCQB: SMME) - Your Social Security Number is no longer a credible and secure verifier of your identity. This has serious implications...
Your Credit Card as a Portable Device - SmartMetric Advanced Biometric Credit Card Has the Power and Payments Functionality of a Mobile Device
February 26, 2015 08:55 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 26, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- While much has been written about of recent about the use of mobile phones as a payment device a little understood...
SmartMetric Brings Biometric Security to Your Credit Card - Chip Cards to Have Added Biometric Security Using a Fully Functional Fingerprint Reader Embedded Inside Credit and Debit Cards
February 23, 2015 11:28 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 23, 2015) -  SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) - SmartMetric has developed a biometric fingerprint scanner that fits inside a credit or debit card that is used...
Chip-Based Payments Cards Continue Massive Growth With More Than 2.3 Billion Chip Cards Now in Circulation Globally
February 20, 2015 11:58 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) Figures released by standards body EMVCo demonstrate continued adoption of "EMV" chip technology with 2.37 billion EMV...
$78 Billion Could Be Lost by Consumers From the Recent Anthem Insurance Data Theft Based on the Direct Link Between Data Theft and Identity Theft -- Outdated Security Needs to Be Replaced by Biometrics Says SmartMetric
February 17, 2015 09:47 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 17, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- Based on research figures released by Javelin Research and the U.S. Department of Justice 78.750 Billion dollars...
Recent Data Theft Could Cost Consumers 100's of Millions of Dollars -- 70 Million Victims of Anthem Insurance Data Theft Involving Theft of Social Security Numbers Makes Each Individual 5 Times More Likely to Become Victims of Fraud, According to a Recent Study
February 10, 2015 14:11 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 10, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) A study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research found consumers who had their Social Security number compromised in...
Another Day and Another Serious Data Theft -- Anthem Loses Over 80 Million Customers' Confidential Records Including Social Security Numbers and Dates of Birth -- Recent History Shows at Least 33% of Data Theft Victims Become Direct Victims of Individual Fraud
February 05, 2015 11:49 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 5, 2015) - SmartMetric Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- One in three consumers who received notification of a data breach became a victim of fraud. There are more than a...
Report Shows Security Vulnerability of Apple Pay -- Time to Lock Down Payments Cards With Biometric Security Says SmartMetric
January 30, 2015 14:39 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 30, 2015) -  SmartMetric Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- According to a security research report by Drop Lab the mobile wallet of Apple Pay is in fact making card fraud...
SmartMetric Says Old Smart Card Technology That Is at the Heart of EMV Chip Cards Is Vulnerable to Hacking and Needs Added Biometric Protection
January 26, 2015 11:08 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 26, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- Latest security research by independent security experts in both the United Kingdom and Germany have revealed that...
Say Goodbye to the Password and Hello to the Biometric Access Card -- SmartMetric Reduces a Network and Computer Access Control Biometric Card to the Thickness and Dimensions of a Credit Card
January 19, 2015 11:54 ET | SmartMetric, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 19, 2015) - SmartMetric Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) Following in the wake of almost daily corporate network intrusions causing serious data theft, SmartMetric has turned its...