A Texas-based start-up is planning to introduce new technology aimed at thwarting credit card hacking attacks like the 2013 holiday shopping season’s high-profile Target breach, Forbes reports. Epic One is developing technology that protects credit cards with biometric readers that scan the cardholder’s fingerprint to avoid such hacks. The start-up will introduce its pilot cards later this year. “The root cause of fraud is the exposure of this information,” said Epic One CEO William Gomez Jr., adding, “The Epic One card does not hold any details of any credit cards. Neither does the Epic One application that runs on your smartphone. None of these devices hold any of your credit card information.”
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