A credit card reader designed to improve security for in-flight payments has received UK Cards Association accreditation, it was announced today (December 8th).
The Point-of-Sale (POS) device, developed by GuestLogix, is already being used by Ryanair and British Airways.
According to GuestLogix, the reader offers "greatly improved" protection from possible credit card fraud.
The handheld device operates in a similar way to the chip and PIN readers used by UK retailers.
UK Cards Association accreditation is attained via a specialist evaluation and signals that a device complies with industry standards.
Tom Douramakos, president and chief executive at GuestLogix, said: "Our new POS device meets the payment industry's most stringent security standards to assure safe shopping for passengers, reliability and optimised cost of usage for our customers.
"We are very excited to receive this accreditation."
Figures from CIFAS, the UK's fraud prevention service, suggest that general fraud rates increased by 16% during 2008 when compared with the previous year.
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