Solutions exist today, of course, to simply read a magstripe card and put the number into the appropriate payment field. I’m not sure how the hardware works with the software to put appropriate info in the fields (card number, exp date), but it may need some software change to get it to work.
I would be interested in security: we should never store card data on-site (so you couldn’t pay a fine in offline mode), card data encrypted by the card reader, etc. I would suggest not doing a big investment in card reader infrastructure until the rollout of Chip and PIN in 2015. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Spindler Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:07 AM To: Evergreen Development Discussion List Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Credit Card Swipe for Credit Card Payment We have had some questions about using a credit card swipe for taking credit card payments at a circulation desk. I was wondering if this is possible and if anyone has done this? Are there other issues we would need to be aware of and advise a library in doing this? -- Tim Spindler C/W MARS Manager of Library Applications P Go Green - Save a tree! Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really necessary.
