A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC) is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. Smart cards are made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes polyethylene terephthalate based polyesters, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene or polycarbonate.Since April 2009, a Japanese company has manufactured reusable financial smart cards made from paper.Smart cards can be either contact or contactless smart card.