French digital security company Oberthur Technologies has recently introduced the Motion Code™ credit card. Currently being tested by two financial institutions in France and a bank in Poland, the card has a small screen embedded on the back containing the security code or card verification value (CVV). While this is not revolutionary, that the CVV changes every hour is. This technology makes it almost impossible for any hacker to use a stolen credit card number after the security code has changed.
This randomly-generated code would protect a huge number of credit card users, many of whom don't realize that their card details have been stolen until several days later. Once found, the damage may already have been done, with the card information used to make thousands of dollars in purcha...
from MoneyTips http://www.moneytips.com/a-new-type-of-credit-card-may-defeat-fraud/527
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