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March 09, 2015 12:02 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

SmartMetric Biometric Fingerprint Activated Payments Card Has Estimated Five Year Life Based on Its Advanced Power Management System Inside the Card

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Mar 9, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME), the developer of the in-card fingerprint scanner and recognition system for credit and debit cards, announced today that...
March 06, 2015 10:47 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

Data Theft Leads to Identity Theft and a New Report Shows United States Consumers Lost $16 Billion in 2014 With an Identity Theft Victim Every 2 Seconds -- SmartMetric Biometric Payments and Identity Cards Provide a Better Security Solution

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Mar 6, 2015) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- A recent study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research found that fraudsters stole $16 billion from 12.7...
March 02, 2015 13:03 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

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

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...
February 26, 2015 08:55 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

Your Credit Card as a Portable Device - SmartMetric Advanced Biometric Credit Card Has the Power and Payments Functionality of a Mobile Device

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...
February 23, 2015 11:28 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

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

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...
February 20, 2015 11:58 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

Chip-Based Payments Cards Continue Massive Growth With More Than 2.3 Billion Chip Cards Now in Circulation Globally

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...
February 17, 2015 09:47 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

$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

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...
February 10, 2015 14:11 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

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

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...
February 05, 2015 11:49 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

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

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...
January 30, 2015 14:39 ET | Source: SmartMetric, Inc.

Report Shows Security Vulnerability of Apple Pay -- Time to Lock Down Payments Cards With Biometric Security Says SmartMetric

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...