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Enabling Technologies – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

by Bill H.

TweetWhy is encryption needed for Web commerce? Encryption performs four key functions which enable secure Web transactions to take place: Authentication allows customers to be sure that the merchant they are sending their credit card details to is who they say they are. It can also allow merchant’s to verify that the customer is the [...]

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Enabling Technologies – Smart Cards

by Bill H.

TweetIntroduction At first glance, smart cards look like normal credit or debit cards. However, closer examination reveals the absence of a magnetic stripe as smart cards store all their information on a chip buried within the card. Compared to conventional magnetic stripe cards, smart card enabling technologies differ in several important ways: They can store [...]

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