ViA's transaction processes are based on revolutionary security methods backed by pending world patents:

• Secure Transaction String ™ and
• Secure Card Transactions ™.

STS methodology encrypts and separates transaction data into blocks and transmits a highly secure string that is generated only once when the card is used. This string contains transaction data and can only be decrypted by the authorized parties in the transaction chain on a need-to-see basis making the transaction exceptionally secure.

SCT encrypts the entire transaction data at smart card level.

The cost of credit card identity fraud reaches billions of dollars annually and it is constantly increasing. The financial cost to cardholders of card fraud is largely borne by the banking industry, but the personal cost in time, inconvenience and frustration while an incident is investigated results in; being without card/s, waiting for fraudulent expenditure to be reversed or offset, the sense of violation is immeasurable, while the costs will of course be reflected in higher fees to the cardholder. The big problem today when we communicate and exchange data, rests on the fact that information is easily stolen and that communicated information is easily accessed by those who should not have access to it. Data may be protected between one computer system to another, Point to Point, but well received, all the data is open and could be vulnerable.

Both STS and SCT are ground-breaking processes of executing transactions and all information pertaining to the card and personal data of the individual is fully secured through STS & SCT’s. This protects consumers from unauthorized use of their ViA Card (stored value card) or a debit or credit card, if stolen.

With these methods, the consumer can conduct a transaction on the Internet, mobile phone or direct with a ViA Merchant. Personal details, such as card number/name, etc., are uniquely encrypted in several layers, visible only to the authorized processor. ViA enables instant settlement and clearing of transactions, resulting in reduced cost and fast execution.