Anti-Skimming ATM Security Solutions
Source: Nanjing Yuantuo Technology co.,ltd
Date: 2011/05/16
24 hours ATM network brings conveniences to countless customers for everyday banking services. A level of trust is maintained when using this convenience.If that trust is broken, so is your customer relationship. Unfortunately, with more than 1.5 million ATMs worldwide, this relationship is at risk due to the rise of ATM fraud. Up to $1.2 billion in global losses are reported annually from electronic crime and credit card fraud associated with ATMs.
What is ATM skimming?
ATM skimming is the action that criminals electronically steal a cardholder’s personal financial information during ATM transactions. By fitting an unseen portable electronic card reader and mini camera onto an ATM, they can potentially record debit/credit card accounts, clone new debit/credit cards or sell cardholder personal information.
Customers count on ATM security. But with ATM skimming on the rise, customer confidence is threatened. It is essential that financial institutions take corrective measures to ensure banking security.
With the reality of ATM skimming, a simple ATM security camera is no longer a sufficient safeguard. It has become a business imperative to consider the Anti-Skimming Security Solutions:
Nowadays, The criminals are well trained professionals and operate like full grown criminal organizations. They improve their techniques constantly and attacks become more and more aggressive. To protect ATMs effectively, Yuantuo Security offers a large range of products for almost all types of attacks. Yuantuo Security knows exactly how criminals operate and the protection kits protect ATMs from the inside. Protection against skimming is eventually about preventing a bank card or password to be copied. But in order to protect those personal information the best, it is essential to know how the data is skimmed. Whether criminals have used bluetooth devices, mobile cameras, false pin pads, card trapping techniques, false fronts or drilling techniques, the product range of Yuantuo Security can detect it all.
Anti-skimming system of Yuantuo consists of micro controller module、laser distance measuring module、human activities monitoring module and IOT interface circuit. Among them，human activities monitoring module responds for monitoring whether there is anyone around the machine or not. When someone is in front of the machine，the module will send pause scanning instruction to the system，then system will no longer carry out laser distance measurement to machines. When people leave，system will detect machine immediately. Once skimming devices are found，system will send alarm signals to monitor center promptly，alarm will stop till the skimming devices removed by relevant workers and then return to normal work condition. Meanwhile，anti-skimming system will be based on users’setting to monitor and scan machines from time to time.