SmartMetric, Inc. the miniature nano fingerprint scanner built by SmartMetric to fit inside a standard credit and debit card takes credit card security to the next level. Before using pin or any other cumbersome old credit and debit card security, cards with the SmartMetric nano fingerprint scanner inside provide a powerful first step in securing the card prior to it being used. The cardholders' fingerprint is matched with their fingerprint that is scanned by the nano internal scanner each time the card holder goes to use their card.

A small square fingerprint sensor sits on the surface of the card that is connected to a circuit board inside the card. On this circuit board are extremely small and very low-profile electronic components that allow the users fingerprint to be scanned and matched in less then a second. On a fingerprint match the cards contact chip and contactless RFID is unlocked allowing the card to then operate at any standard card reader and ATM.

Enrolling a fingerprint on the card for the first time is as simple as enrolling fingerprint on a mobile phone. Touch the sensor up to four (4) times and fingerprint is then forever embedded inside the cards encrypted memory. The memory for storing the fingerprint is firewalled and uses extremely strong encryption.

Well over a decade of research and development has gone into creating the new GEN4 SmartMetric biometric card according to SmartMetric. The new GEN4 card is now in mass production. A small sample run of the assembled card was completed to test the cards latest operating system developed by SmartMetric.

The software testing and the cards functioning has been successfully completed. Patients for the technology have been issued recently in the United States while other patents covering other parts of the world have been filed.