Smart cards are nothing new. The concept is a few years old in the ever-evolving world of digital finance. We’ve seen a few companies and their products go bankrupt from mismanagement or false marketing. Fuze smart card raised over $2 million on Indiegogo. The company expects to ship their EMV cards in 2018, and chipless cards started shipping in July.
Ease of Use
The concept is simple: add all of your cards to Fuze Card via smartphone app/reader. After that, you can use it like a regular credit card. You can load up to 30 cards via the eReader. Fuze card uses Bluetooth technology to connect to your phone, and NFC technology to scan your card.
One charge takes an hour and a half. It will give the Fuze Card a 30-day life, and if you buy an extra travel charger, it will hold an extra charge for emergencies. But there’s a small button on the card to power it on and off so you can conserve battery life.
It is supposed to work at all ATMs. The uncertainty with the Fuze smart card doesn’t lie in the mag strip technology, which works almost flawlessly. The problem most consumers face is whether the customized chip will work.
Cost
The card costs $160, but as of this writing, it’s on sale for $129. With your order, you’ll receive the card reader, portable charger, and the Fuze Card. Pre-orders started at $79, so the price is steadily increasing to Fuze’s retail value of $210.
The company offers a 90-day warranty for any defective Fuze smart cards, and this seems a little subjective. Especially when you consider their return policy. Refunds are processed on a case-by-case basis; a refund may be possible before the card goes into production and shipment. But after the card ships, there are no returns allowed.
Accuracy
Fuze claims that they have a much higher readability rate than other smart cards. However, as mentioned before, there are some customers who experienced problems with the chip. It is one of the most substantial issues with the current version of the card, so hopefully the makers will address this in future iterations.
Quality
The Fuze smart card is waterproof, but don’t leave it in your pocket on laundry day. The washer will destroy the card. It only comes in black (for now), and is the size of a standard credit card. At this time, only one Fuze Card can pair with a Fuze Card app account.
The company tested the card for over six months in South Korea and the United States, so a lot of tweaking and fine-tuning went into the product already to fix numerous issues and bugs.
Security
The company is FCC and ISO certified and legally compliant. All payment information is stored within an encrypted chip, and data is not stored. Additional security measures include separation alerts, card location tracking, remote wipe, and tap code entry on the card.
The app will alert you if your card is on the move without you, so you can take the necessary precautions to secure your wallet. One-time transactions are protected by selecting a single card to use when the card loses its Bluetooth connection. When you give your waiter the card, the selected payment method locks into place so that your finances are still protected.
I purchased a Fuze card and have a version without a chip (although I have ordered the version with the chip that is supposedly coming soon, whatever that means).
This means that I have to “swipe” the card at a vendor’s terminal: I have tried the card at several vendors without any success.
Worse yet, I have written 2 emails seeking support over a span of several weeks and no one has bothered to respond. In fact, from the request for email delivery and read receipts, it appears no one has bothered to read the emails (“support@” and “info@”).
Given the level of customer support I have had so far, I would suggest staying as far away from this product until such time that the company is equipped to properly support its customers.
I purchased a Fuze card and have a version without a chip (although I have ordered the version with the chip that is supposedly coming soon, whatever that means).
This means that I have to “swipe” the card at a vendor’s terminal: I
I just got mine today and registered my Visa cards, Starbucks, and MasterCard. I could not get any of these cards to swipe correctly. Credit card terminals timed out. Very embarrassing! Will try contacting support tomorrow.
Good luck, I couldn’t find a way to access any customer support! I have an iPhone 8 plus, cannot get any cards to scan in!!! Not happy with this card at all.
I received my non chip FUZE card but it does not work. It appears the cards I have entered to the NON-CHIP-FUZE card all have chips and after up loading my cards we ran the card at work, it asked for the card to be inserted into our credit card machine. (looking for a chip) do I need to do to get this card replaced with a chip card. I did order through indigogo the chip card and non chip card. but obviously the non chip is useless.at this point. I’ll probably have to stop going to what I thought was a trusted site. Who I thought vetted this company to a certain extent. I have backed a number of projects on indigogo and Kickstarter I’ve been burned twice. If a potential creator is thinking of using indigogo for funding I’m sorry I won’t be there to help
I received my non chip FUZE card but it does not work. It appears the cards I have entered to the NON-CHIP-FUZE card all have chips and after up loading my cards we ran the card at work, it asked for the card to be inserted into our credit card machi
I just received my card today. What a dissappointment. As shown in the picture I did not receive the EMV chip card. That is wrong advertising. the card is good quality but I was not able to register any of my credits . It would go to 50% and then freeze. Please dont waste your money on this. As with membership cards you still need them in your wallet as you may not be able to visit costco without showing the phisical card at the entrance.
I just received my card today. What a dissappointment. As shown in the picture I did not receive the EMV chip card. That is wrong advertising. the card is good quality but I was not able to register any of my credits . It would go to 50% and then fre
It is a very cheap, very flimsy piece of plastic that doesn’t work as expected. It takes too long to get cards connected to the system and I can’t turn it on anymore. Complete waste of money.
I don’t have this product but re-writable chips don’t exist…That is why it is impossible for this to become a reality. NFC is the future. Btw, it seems that these days, if something is not on Amazon, its a scam.
I received the smart card 2 months after ordering and it didn’t register any of my accounts such as starbucks, jollibee, credit/debit. 🙁
I received my non chip FUZE card, entered my cards, tried to use it, but it did not work at any store. All of the cards I have entered have chips and this may be the reason. Obviously the non chip FUZE card is useless.
With cards, you need it to simply work, and work consistently.
Unfortunately this does neither. An expensive lesson in crowd funding.
Can not get the Fuzecard to work with my iPhone X any help out there !!!!!!!! cannot find any guidance on how to connect with iPhone online. Getting really fed up with this card never worked since it arrived in 2017.
Fed up waiting for the new card, too many Fuze promises not enough action they never return any of my emails. Looks like another Indiegogo that will go to the wall !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can not get the Fuzecard to work with my iPhone X any help out there !!!!!!!! cannot find any guidance on how to connect with iPhone online. Getting really fed up with this card never worked since it arrived in 2017.
Fed up waiting for the new card,