Button managed credit cards from Citybank

Citibank will soon begin testing its new type of credit cards in the United States. The modern plastics can be controlled by buttons, and are much “smarter” than their predecessors.

The Citibank would introduce the special credit card, in its premier and at the platinum credit card packages. On the special credit card, a push-button can be found in order that the buyers can decide during the transaction: with money or points they wish to pay. A magnetic stripe can be found on the plastics, so it can be used at any terminals. The second generation of cards will not be thicker than their predecessors, but they contain a microchip, driven by an internal battery lasting for four years.