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SmartMetric develops 5-year battery for biometric EMV card

Thursday, August 21, 2014 — 09:30:28 (EDT)

SmartMetric, the Developer of Biometric Fingerprint Activated Credit and Debit Cards, Says It Has Developed an Advanced Miniature Power Management System That Gives Up to Five Years Life With Its Internal Battery for Powering Its Biometric Card

New York, August 20, 2014 - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) - In order to extend the life of its biometric fingerprint activated EMV credit and debit cards, SmartMetric has had to develop a miniature power management system in order to supply power and recharge the card's internal battery, said SmartMetric's President & CEO, Chaya Hendrick. This will extend the useable life of the card up to five years and is an important technological breakthrough for its miniature sub micro electronic card, she said.

SmartMetric is a publicly traded technology company that has added a fingerprint scanner built inside EMV payment credit and debit chip cards, thereby creating a second layer of biometric authentication protection in defending against card fraud. The company is now actively marketing its technology to card issuing financial institutions around the world.

About SmartMetric, Inc. SmartMetric, Inc. is a technology company that designs and engineers its own advanced products utilizing the company's expertise in miniaturizing electronics. The company has developed a miniature fingerprint self powered fingerprint scanner and reader that fits inside credit and identity cards that are at the center of SmartMetric, Inc.'s advanced biometric products. For more information please visit www.smartmetric.com .

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Source: Company press release.