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ASK is working to bring contactless technology to personal ID and beyond

Sunday, June 1, 2003

ASK is playing both sides of the street, so to speak—high end and low end—and it’s paying off big time. With its paper, disposable (but reusable) contactless cards on one side, and its contact/contactless multi-application cards on the other, the company exceeded $20 million in revenue in just its fifth year of operation.

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