Editing Smart card (section)

====Stratos====

Stratos<ref>{{cite web |title=Stratos |url=https://cardlabcards.com/ |website=Stratos |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506072528/https://www.cardlabcards.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was created in 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. In 2015, Stratos developed the Stratos Bluetooth Connected Card,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cipriani |first1=Jason |title=One card to rule them all? Stratos smart card replaces the need for a wallet |url=https://fortune.com/2015/05/13/stratos-smart-card/ |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=Fortune |date=13 May 2015 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716184616/https://fortune.com/2015/05/13/stratos-smart-card/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which was designed to integrate up to three credit and debit card in a single card format and featured a smartphone app used to manage the card. Due to its Lithium ion thin film battery, the Stratos card was equipped with LEDs and communicated in contactless mode and in Bluetooth low Energy.

In 2017 Stratos was acquired<ref>{{cite web |title=Stratos Connected Card Platform Acquired by CardLab Innovations |url=https://cardlabcards.com/blog/2017/02/15/cardlab-acquisition-announcement/ |website=Stratos |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312101258/https://cardlabcards.com/blog/2017/02/15/cardlab-acquisition-announcement/ |url-status=live }}</ref> by CardLab Innovation, a company headquartered in Herlev, Denmark.