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Hong Kong's smart ID cards secure online banking

Friday, March 10, 2006

Government-issued IDs flourish as private-sector security token

by Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications

In some parts of the world, the acceptance of token-based authentication is slow and requires prodding from service providers, but in Hong Kong the use of smart cards and tokens is flourishing as consumers use the technologies for digital banking and other services.

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