Blank integrated circuit cards; blank electronic chip cards; microprocessor cards; memory cards; programmable microchip cards; remote programmable microchip cards; encoded electronic chip cards and badges for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; magnetic cards; electronic chip sender-receiver cards and badges for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; radio frequency smart cards and badges for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; infrared smart cards and badges for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; telecommunication cards for pre-paid telephone calling cards, magnetically encoded; mobile telephone cards for pre-paid telephone calling cards, magnetically encoded; electronic chip cards for access to computing and/or telecommunications networks; magnetically encoded cards for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; pre-recorded magnetic cards with data, computer programs, software for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; computer programs for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; software for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; computer programs and software for use in connection with magnetically encoded cards for banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; computer programs and software recorded on cards or for recording on cards, particularly from remote locations for use in the field of banking operations and financial transactions for credit, cash and debit card transaction processing services; computers and computer peripheral equipment for use in connection with cards and/or telecommunications apparatus; integrated circuits; electronic chips for the manufacture of integrated circuits; magnetic and electronic cards and badges, with or without contacts, for use as payment, remote payment, loyalty and electronic wallet cards; electronic signature support software; encryption software; electronic encryption units; electronic apparatus for checking card authenticity; computer programs and software for the secure storage, retrieval and transmission of information and data for use in the field of banking operations and financial transactions; computer programs and software for communication between chip cards and chip card readers and/or computer terminals; computer programs and software for sending, displaying and storing identification and/or operation and transaction information or data for use in the field of banking operations and financial transactions