Other vendors claim that their applications also encrypt credit card data. Why is PAYware Mobile different?
Other vendors are using a common form of encryption referred to as “SSL” PAYware Mobile also uses SSL encryption to protect the data as it traverses the wireless network. However, SSL has a couple of drawbacks. SSL is software-based encryption method that is only secure if your phone has not been hacked or otherwise compromised. PAYware Mobile end-to-end encryption is based on secure hardware that conforms to the same stringent security standards in use today at ATM’s and traditional Point of Sale Terminals that you use every day at large retail locations around the country. SSL only protects your customers information during the transmission over the wireless network. PAYware Mobile encryption protects your customers information at the exact instant of card swipe, securing it inside the phone and over the wireless network, providing protection at virtually any point where it could be stolen.
PAYware Mobile uses end-to-end encryption based on secure hardware that conforms to the same stringent security standards in use today at ATM’s and traditional Point of Sale Terminals that you use every day at large retail locations around the country. Other vendors are using a common form of encryption referred to as “SSL.” Unfortunately, SSL has a couple of drawbacks: 1) SSL is a software-based encryption method that is only secure if your phone has not been hacked or otherwise compromised. 2) SSL only protects your customer’s information during the transmission over the wireless network. PAYware Mobile encryption protects your customer’s information at the exact instant of card swipe, securing it inside the phone and over the wireless network, providing protection at virtually any point where it could be stolen.
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