Editing Smart card (section)

====Coin====

Coin was a US-based startup<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cipriani |first1=Jason |title=Coin adds NFC capabilities to its new all-in-one card |url=https://fortune.com/2015/08/27/coin-nfc-update/ |work=Fortune |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716172252/https://fortune.com/2015/08/27/coin-nfc-update/ |url-status=live }}</ref> founded in 2012 by Kanishk Parashar.<ref>{{cite web |title=LinkedIn: Kanishk Parashar |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamondk/ |publisher=LinkedIn }}</ref> It developed a Complex Card capable of storing the data of several credit and debit cards. The card prototype was equipped with a display<ref>{{cite web |last1=Statt |first1=Nick |date = 14 November 2013|title=Inside Coin's techie vision for the all-in-one credit card |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/inside-coins-techie-vision-for-the-all-in-one-credit-card/ |publisher=CNET |access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=July 2021}} and a button that enabled the user to switch between different cards. In 2015, the original Coin card concept evolved into Coin 2.0 adding contactless communication to its original magstripe emulation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Statt |first1=Nick |title=Coin adds NFC capabilities to its new all-in-one card |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/inside-coins-techie-vision-for-the-all-in-one-credit-card/ |publisher=CNET |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716172252/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/inside-coins-techie-vision-for-the-all-in-one-credit-card/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Coin was acquired by [[Fitbit]] in May 2016<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Daniel |title=Fitbit buys Coin to help with mobile payments |url=https://www.engadget.com/2016-05-18-fitbit-buys-coin.html |work=Engadget |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716172252/https://www.engadget.com/2016-05-18-fitbit-buys-coin.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and all Coin activities were discontinued in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heater |first1=Brian |title=Coin will shut down its product services at the end of February |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/coin-shut-down/?guccounter=1 |website=TechCrunch |date=31 January 2017 |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716172254/https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/coin-shut-down/?guccounter=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>