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Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News When police raided the premises they found stolen chip and PIN terminals, card account numbers, a card reader/writer, computer software and fake magnetic stripe cards. These are then used to create fake magnetic stripe cards containing the stolen... [14 Aug 2008]
Development of an Embedded Device Driver for a Magnetic Stripe Reader
White Paper A large organization that produced hand held devices needed to develop an embedded systems device driver for their magnetic stripe reader. Wipro Technologies who foresaw that mobile computing for portable devices would be the emerging technology of... [03 Jul 2008]
Device Driver Solution for Magnetic Stripe Reader
White Paper The challenge faced by this customer was to develop an embedded device driver for the magnetic stripe reader on Windows CE platform. This customer is a leading manufacturer of hand held devices used at point of sale terminals. [03 Jul 2008]
Smart Card
White Paper It is very different in one important way: unlike a magnetic stripe card ( a credit card, for example), it contains a microprocessor that allows it to store and secure information, and process computations required by the Internet Card System. [03 Jul 2008]
Visa Smart Cards
White Paper Visa Smart Debit and Visa Smart Credit cards provide a number of advantages to merchants and retailers over traditional magnetic stripe cards. Operational speed and efficiencies, fraud reduction, heightened customer service, and greater access to... [03 Jul 2008]
Datacard® Smart Card Personalization Manager
White Paper Unlike traditional magnetic stripe cards, smart cards require large, complex personalization applications. Smart card issuance requires fresh thinking and intelligent, new systems like the Datacard® Smart Card Personalization Manager. [03 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment When we originally set up the Advantage Card scheme we had the choice of magnetic stripe or chip and we went for chip because we can hold so much more data we can make the scheme flexible and portable. [25 Apr 2007]
Retailers Tout RFID for Timely Transactions
White Paper The practice of card skimming, or recording data from credit card magnetic stripes with a rudimentary MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader) while the card is away from the consumer, is well documented. For retailers and consumers alike, cash handling is... [10 Nov 2006]
Could Growing ATM Fraud Accelerate US Conversion to the Chip Card?
White Paper Other regions of the world are replacing magnetic stripe payment cards to address this rising tide of fraud. The real cost of ATM fraud in the US is approaching $200 million a year and rapidly increasing, despite industry efforts to improve... [30 Jun 2006]
Citibank card fraud - magnetic strip to blame?
News They are hard to duplicate but it's pretty easy to copy a magnetic stripe. Litan wrote that in this case the thieves probably stole magnetic-stripe data found on the back of ATM cards. With the UK it was because Americans go there and use the... [10 Mar 2006]
Leader: Keep ahead of the fraudsters
Leader This is why chipped cards will still have a magnetic stripe on the back, so they can be used abroad. But the magnetic stripe isn't as secure as the chip - so experts are warning that counterfeiting techniques such as 'skimming' (where fraudsters... [07 Feb 2006]
Chip and PIN doesn't mean the end of the war on card fraud
News It seems that someone had "skimmed" Wolfe's card by placing a cloning device on the cash machine, stealing the details from the magnetic stripe on the card as it was placed inside. According to the spokeswoman, because the US has yet to roll out... [07 Feb 2006]
One million HSBC customers getting contactless cards
News The cards also include a magnetic stripe for traditional signature card transactions. The US arm of international bank HSBC is giving contactless debit cards to one million customers before the end of the year. [15 Sep 2005]
Point-of-Service Medicaid and Value-Add Solutions for the Health Care Industry
White Paper VeriFone, Inc.recognized worldwide as the trusted leader in secure electronic transaction technologies, such as magnetic stripe and smart card swipe devices, provides expertise, solutions, and services for today with a smart migration strategy for... [01 Sep 2005]
Smart Cards for Access Control Advantages and Technology Choices
White Paper Magnetic stripe, Wiegand and proximity technology all remain popular and effective. Security managers have never had more options for access control cards and other badging and credentialing applications. [24 Aug 2005]
