SA Banksys NV

Type	Public (not listed)
Founded	1989
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Key people	Vincent Roland, CEO
Industry	Financial services
Products
Revenue	€ 271.629 million (2004)
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Employees	1,054 (2004)
Website	www.banksys.com
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Banksys was founded in 1989 through the merger of two Belgian payment networks: Mister Cash and Bancontact. All major Belgian commercial banks are shareholders of Banksys.

Banksys authorizes, secures, and guarantees electronic payments in Belgium. Building on this experience and its know-how in the areas of secure payment and innovation, Banksys also develops electronic payment terminals, payment applications, and security modules for the international markets.

Banksys has direct experience with every component of a complete payment system. World-class engineering teams incorporate security into Banksys systems from the initial research to the final product. Security is our highest priority at every stage - from the retail terminal to the central server (HOST).

Banksys has won worldwide recognition for many of its products, including its debit card payment system (STEPS), its hardware security modules (DEP), its stored value technology (Proton), and its Mobile banxafe concept.

Its most popular products are:

• Bancontact/Mister Cash (a debit card)
• Proton (an electronic wallet)
• C-ZAM/XENTA (a multi-functional payment terminal)
• C-ZAM/SPIN (an unattended multi-functional payment terminal)

A debit card is an ISO 7810 card which physically resembles a credit card, and, like a credit card, is used as an alternative to cash when making purchases. ... Proton E-Purse is an electronic wallet introduced in Belgium by Banksys in 1995. ... EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale) is a device by which sales transactions can be directly debited to the customers bank account at the point of sale, through the use of a debit card (generally the same card used with ATMs). ... EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale) is a device by which sales transactions can be directly debited to the customers bank account at the point of sale, through the use of a debit card (generally the same card used with ATMs). ...

External links

• www.banksys.com