I'm surprised I only saw about one other comment pointing out that this whole thing is most likely fake. At best, it was a real story that was published by marketing department for the parent company.

I hope it was at least something real that they chose to embellish and propagate. In either case, it all feels rather sleazy.

If you have doubts - read the story again and notice how many times the article has to mention the company that makes it by name, and how often they have to tout the various features of the device.

I had a similar experience. I had moved and the bank had my new address, but apparently there is a different system to record the address change for the debit card, so when I tried registering my debit card, it came back invalid. After going through several times with the same address b/c I knew it was right, it locked it out. Once I talked to the bank and got it cleared up, I contacted paypal to get it put in and was told I'd never be able to use that card. How frustrating, since it is the card I use for everything.

--Josh