More than one million Started in March 1996. Card gives access to medical benefits and is verified by stored fingerprint Citizen ID card, South Korea 1,500 issued Pilot project. Card includes ID, driver's license, medical insurance and retirement benefits Health insurance card, Germany 80 million issued Started in 1994 for identification only Health information card, European Union 200,000 to be issued starting in 1996 Pilot projects for cards containing only essential information for medical treatment Contactless transit farecard, Hong Kong 20,000 issued, three million by 1997 Pilot project started in November 1995. St. Louis 12,500 issued In use.
Cards work in vending machines, laundries and other small-value applications.