EFTPOS and credit card payments

							     EFTPOS and credit card
          payments

   The Bizgate system integrates
fully with Inge NICO's PC EFTPOS
    Software which allows a fully
 functioning EFTPOS Pinpad to be
   used in Bizgate's Point of Sale
  system. The PC EFTPOS Pinpad
is fully functioning and allows the
   processing of both Credit Card
     and Debit Card payments.
            Credit card numbering
   The numbers found on
    credit cards have a
    certain amount of internal
    structure, and share a
    common numbering
    scheme.
   The card number's prefix,
    called the Bank
    Identification Number, is
    the sequence of digits at
    the beginning of the
    number that determine
    the bank to which a
    credit card number
    belongs.
             Prepaid "credit" cards
   A prepaid credit card is
    not a credit card, since no
    credit is offered by the
    card issuer: the card-
    holder spends money
    which has been "stored"
    via a prior deposit by the
    card-holder or someone
    else, such as a parent or
    employer. However, it
    carries a credit-card
    brand (Visa, MasterCard,
    American Express or
    Discover) and can be
    used in similar ways just
    as though it were a
    regular credit card.
                         Security
   Credit card security relies
    on the physical security
    of the plastic card as well
    as the privacy of the
    credit card number.
    Therefore, whenever a
    person other than the
    card owner has access to
    the card or its number,
    security is potentially
    compromised.
                  Problems
   The low security of the credit card system
    presents countless opportunities for fraud.
    This opportunity has created a huge black
    market in stolen credit card numbers,
    which are generally used quickly before
    the cards are reported stolen.
           Credit cards in ATMs
   Many credit cards can
    also be used in an
    ATM to withdraw
    money against the
    credit limit extended
    to the card, and The
    interest on cash
    advances is commonly
    charged from the date
    the withdrawal is
    made, rather than the
    monthly billing date