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Thursday, 26 February 2015

Diebold takes 90-degree shift to counter ATM skimming


From Finextra –

“ATM manufacturer Diebold claims to have found the answer to skimming fraud with a new reader that requires users to insert their card sideways on to prevent the copying of data stored on the magnetic stripe.

Diebold ActivEdge counteracts skimming technology that currently relies on the ability to read the magnetic stripe of an ATM card in the short edge orientation, by altering the way the card is inserted and read.”

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