Unless your name is Sir Winifred Montegue Moneybanks, don’t expect to hold the item at left in your hands anytime soon. HSBC is rolling out a new security device to give big money blokes in the UK a secure way to conduct complex internet transactions.

The keyring sized Vasco device generates a unique code to use alongside customer’s user name and password during authorizations.

However, all luxuries trickle down from the rich like pre-colonial sugar. Someday the device may occupy space on your key ring right next to the starter for your disposable Aston-Martin.

“Digital Tokens for UK Biz Users” [Finextra via Bankwatch]

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