http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com What is a contactless credit card and how does it work? For decades, credit cards have relied on magnetic stripes located on the reverse side of the card to store data. To transmit this data, the card must be swiped through a magnetic reader, making ph... http://www.articlealley.com/article_38253_19.html 23rd March 2006