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Enigma technology to make new ultra-secure bank card

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In a similar vein, Barclays customers will tap their PIN into a keypad mounted on the card which will create a range of security ciphers.

The codes will be generated at a timed interval by a tiny clock and appear next to the signature strip.

From Enigma technology to make new ultra-secure bank card

This is pretty much what the card will look like I think.

 Visa SuperSmartCard

Actually, I’m being a little naughty here. That picture is actually of the Visa SuperSmartCard, produced by Toshiba back in 1986, but I imagine the Barclays one will work in pretty much the same way.

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