NEW YORK — The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It's a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe. The United States is the only developed country still ...

Thanks to smart cards, U.S. Navy ships are no longer “floating banks,” troops stationed overseas don’t have to carry large amounts of cash, and the U.S. doesn’t have to ship boatloads of currency to ...

Someday, a single card, yours exclusively, will allow you to enter your government office building with a single flash or swipe. At your office, you will use your card to log on to your personal ...