What makes the PayScan® solution different from other barcode uses I see today?
In a word: it’s the barcode…and not just any barcode, but a special kind of barcode, utilizing an algorithmic signature – an advanced technique protected by a PayScan America, Inc. patent. This is discussed on the PayScan® technology page. To summarize: • If you try to use traditional barcodes for making payments, then a human decision has to be made before a retailer can accept any payment: “Does this particular barcode represent a payment that WE can process?” A clerk or customer must examine the bill, check a list of valid billers, and decide: Yes? Or no? This is because a wide variety of barcodes appear at retail checkout lanes, ranging from coupons and gift cards to internal document handling barcodes on bill statements. If you accepted the wrong barcode as a payment, it would generate a bogus transaction. Not good! • But with every PayScan® payment, a “smart barcode” detects payments automatically – without human intervention. Non-payment barcodes are automatically rejected, in
