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Solicore Secures Multi-Year, Multimillion Unit Agreement with
Innovative Card Technologies
Ultra-thin Flexion(R) Batteries to Power
Secure One-Time PasswordICT DisplayCards
LAKELAND, Fla. & LOS ANGELES
January 29, 2008
Innovative Card Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVC),
developer of the ICT DisplayCard for e-banking, e-commerce and data
access
authentication, and Solicore Inc., a worldwide leader of embedded
power solutions, today announced that both companies have entered
into
a multi-year purchase agreement. Under the terms of the agreement,
Innovative Card Technologies has agreed to purchase several million
of
Solicore's patented ultra-thin Flexion(R) batteries to be used in
the
ICT DisplayCard.
This purchase agreement underscores the rapidly
growing demand for
Innovative Card Technologies' innovative dual-factor authentication
solution in a convenient card format. The ICT DisplayCard integrates
the security of a one-time password (OTP) token directly into a
card
the size of a standard payment card. At the push of a button, a
one-time password is shown on the card's integrated display. During
an
online transaction, this number is entered into a user interface
with
other information (such as the user's login name or a static PIN)
for
multifactor authentication. The breakthrough ICT DisplayCard has
been
deployed to online banking customers in the United States and Korea,
and is in several tests with financial institutions and enterprises
around the world.
"Solicore's ability
to create ultra-thin and flexible batteries
has helped us to be at the forefront of demand for secure OTP
cards," says David Corey, CEO of Solicore. "We
are extremely excited about the
opportunity to further our strong strategic partnership with
Innovative Card Technologies."
At less than a half-millimeter thick, Solicore's
Flexion batteries have enabled powered card functionality without
adding bulk or causing
the card to become fragile. The paper-thin battery is capable of
flexing and bending, making it ideal to fit inside standard credit,
debit and enterprise cards. Solicore's batteries can be configured
to
additional Smart Card platforms via a variety of sizes and capacities
to meet the demands of different physical and power requirements.
The
Flexion battery has a shelf-life of three years (the typical life
of a
credit card) and enough capacity to power tens of thousands of OTP
card transactions.
"Solicore's paper-thin
batteries have enabled Innovative Card
Technologies to realize our team's vision of creating breakthrough
security devices in payment card form," says Steven R. Delcarson,
Innovative Card Technologies CEO and president. "We have agreed
to buy
millions of Flexion batteries in order to meet global sales demand
for
the ICT DisplayCard in 2008 and beyond." About
Solicore, Inc. - Solicore is a worldwide leader of embedded power
solutions, offering its Flexion(R) product portfolio of advanced
ultra-thin flexible lithium polymer batteries for powered cards,
RFID
and micro medical devices. Solicore's advanced battery technology
is
ultra-thin, flexible, safe and environmentally friendly, and
significantly enhances the capabilities of lithium-based batteries.
For more information, visit www.solicore.com.
About Innovative Card Solutions - Innovative Card
Technologies (NASDAQ: INVC) was founded in 1993 to add functionalities
to payment
cards. InCard's suite of ICT DisplayCards enable dual-factor
authentication in a convenient card form. The cards can be configured
to offer RFID physical access or payment capabilities and feature
a
screen powered by an integrated battery, circuit and switch. This
screen displays a one-time password to verify the presence of the
card
during online and voice transactions or data systems logins. For
more
information, visit www.incardtech.com. |