FSS introduces EMV/smart chip program for U.S. banks

Financial Software & Systems (FSS) announced a new program – Smart Start – which aims to enable U.S. card issuers to implement smart card technology into their operations in less than four months

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FSS introduces EMV/smart chip program for U.S. banks

Hardware You Need to Pay Special Attention To When Setting Up an Access Card Based Security System

Access Cards combined with the right hardware and configurations that support them, make them a valuable layer to your properties and assets security.  For the most part, the primary hardware that is important to note is the card reader.  If the reader and the card are not compatible then your entire system is for not.  However, on the other hand, there are certain pieces of hardware, that can be used regardless of how your system is set up.  Here is a closer look at the hardware that you need to pay special attention to when setting up an access card-based security system.

In combination, it is the hardware, applications, and configurations that compose your entire security system.  All three factors need to correctly implemented in order to see success.  The hardware is what defines that maximum ability or capacity of the readers.  For example, the SmartTRANS is the only HID reader that will read 125kHz HID access cards as well as 13.56 MHz proximity cards.  The format configurations are what define the unique settings of each application.  This includes things like processing, reading, and outputting the access control signals to and from the cards.  The data on the cards that will read and processed will be managed by the central software and then applied to each card through the Fargo printer.  These configurations will include affect the data that is added to cards in a variety of ways such as the access to the data, location of the data, length of data, and of course the output order of the data.
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