The majority of today’s customer transactions are facilitated through the use of electronic media. No more so than at the frontline of business – businesses such as retailers, supermarkets, hospitality, hotels, transit, airlines, banking, gaming, logistics, and security.
These transactions not only rely on the connection between the customer’s card and the device that reads that card but also the verification of the transaction by printing a docket or label.
Transactions that rely on electronic devices include:
•Card reading - purchases, ATMs transactions, hotel door locks, health insurance claims, loyalty card identification, security access, time card, kiosks
•Printed receipts, tickets, labels and dockets - airline baggage tags and boarding passes, parking receipts, EFTPOS receipts, shipping labels, inkjet, laser and dot matrix printers, kiosks
•Currency note recognition – gaming machines, retail and supermarket self serve aisles, car washes, vending machines, currency counters
•Financial transactions – cheque readers, cheque scanners