A method for removing an EMV chip from a plastic credit card or debit card and placing the removed EMV chip onto a metal card, includes heating the plastic credit or debit card containing the EMV chip to loosen the EMV chip, the EMV chip being substantially square and planar, the EMV chip having an upward top face, a downward bottom face, and four sides; removing the loosened EMV chip from the plastic credit or debit card; bending the four sides of the EMV chip towards the downward bottom face of the EMV chip; applying an adhesive coating to the bottom face and the bended four sides of the EMV chip; and placing the adhesive coated bottom face and bended four sides of the EMV chip into a holding cavity of the metal card.

Apparatuses and methods are provided for manufacturing a transaction card. The disclosed apparatuses and methods may be used to form a transaction card frame configured to house a data storage component. The card frame may be formed of a resin mixture comprising a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). The card frame may also have a Shore D hardness in the range of 20-80.

Various switchable devices, e.g., cellular telephones, including inductive antennas are disclosed. These switchable devices may include one or more switches and a biometric sensor. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless and/or manual. In various embodiments, the switchable devices include are included within cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable devices are optionally configured to perform financial transactions.

Various switchable devices, e.g., cellular telephones, including inductive antennas are disclosed. These switchable devices may include one or more switches and a biometric sensor. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless and/or manual. In various embodiments, the switchable devices include are included within cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable devices are optionally configured to perform financial transactions.

Disclosed embodiments generally relate to a transaction card having a substrate component with a first substrate surface opposite a second substrate surface; a fabric component having a first fabric surface opposite a second fabric surface, the fabric and substrate being joined along the second fabric surface and the first substrate surface, the fabric component defining one or more apertures; and one or more electronic components disposed in the one or more apertures, the one or more electronic components and substrate being joined along a first electronic component surface and the first substrate surface.

A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to act as a magnetic stripe read-head detector and a data transmitter. A multiple layer flexible PCB may be fabricated to include multiple magnetic emulators. An emulator may include a coil that includes magnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferromagnetic, material in the coil's interior. Coils may be associated with zones. As a read-head is detected to move from zone-to-zone, coils may be activated to transmit information in those zones.

A transaction card is provided for communicating data relating to a transaction. The transaction card includes a solar layer, a transaction card layer, and a power transfer layer. The solar layer includes at least one solar panel capable of converting light into electricity, the transaction card layer supports the solar layer and includes a magnetic strip, and the power transfer layer includes circuitry capable of receiving electricity from the solar layer.

Systems and methods are provided for use in providing digital identities for users. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a card device, an authentication request and a captured first biometric of the user, from a communication device associated with the user, and comparing the first biometric and a first biometric reference at the card device, when the first biometric reference is stored in at the card device. The method also includes capturing, at the card device, a second biometric of the user and comparing the second biometric to a second biometric reference stored at the card device. The method further includes compiling a response to the authentication request including a first indicator associated with the comparison of the first biometric to the first biometric reference and a second indicator associated with the comparison of the second biometric to the second biometric reference, and transmitting the response to the communication device.

A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other card or device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. User interfaces are provided in a number of different configurations in order to achieve a number of different functionalities.

Apparatuses and methods are provided for manufacturing a transaction card. The disclosed apparatuses and methods may be used to form a transaction card frame configured to house a data storage component. The card frame may be formed of a resin mixture comprising a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). The card frame may also have a Shore D hardness in the range of 20-80.