Electrone Customized PIN Pads May Help Prevent Identity Theft
PIN pads are adaptable to most cashless payment systems BOCA RATON, Fla., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, there has been an uptrend
of identity theft scams involving PIN pads. Criminals are switching out vendors'
PIN pads with their own, and then coming back to collect their phony pads. Once
they have their phony pads back, they extract the private account information of
those customers who had the misfortune of using them.
To prevent this type of identity theft, vendors must proactively guard their PIN
pads against tampering. Vendors that heavily rely upon cashless payment systems
can do this with customized and/or mountable PIN pads, which scammers cannot
readily duplicate and replace with phonies.
Customized PIN Padshelp vendors prevent identity theft and provide their
customers with easy-to-use cashless payment devices. Since PIN pads can feature
a wide variety of firmware and hardware options, they are adaptable to most
cashless payment systems and can be designed to indicate the functions of a
certain vendor's payment system or even its color scheme.
Consequently,Customized PIN pads are incredibly difficult for a criminal to
replicate, which deters tampering and identity theft. PIN pads that have been
customized for surface-mounting are particularly safe, since criminals cannot
readily remove these units from a store. Where, then, should vendors look for
customized PIN pads? Electrone Americas Ltd., Co., which specializes in
developing custom PIN pads, is the company to start with.
Electrone's customized PIN pads support multiple cashless payment system
applications and can be outfitted to include a magnetic stripe reader;
fingerprint reader; or smart card reader. Features such as these help prevent
identity theft by requiring additional identity verification. The PIN pads' key
tops and legends are customizable, so vendors can implement unique PIN pads that
not only can scammers not replicate for the purposes of identity theft, but that
streamline their customers' payment process.
For extra security against identity theft, Electrone PIN pads can be designed
for surface mounting, which safeguards against their removal by identity
thieves. As an additional bonus, these units have the option to be equipped with
wipe-clean membranes, and even metal enclosures. Versatile and resilient,
Electrone PIN pads are being used by an Illinois medical institution in order to
comply with rigid state laws that force medical centers to protect their
customers from identity theft.
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