Aurora Technologies specializes in
developing software for credit card
terminals that implement the the Ashrahit
96 standard. Ashrahit 96 is an
Israeli standard written by SHVA, that
deals with credit cards transactions
carried out in Israel, and the
transmission of transactions, parameters
and black lists to and from the central
SHVA server. SHVA is a credit card
preprocessing firm, created by a
consortium of the local banks in Israel.
Until the
middle of 1999, all credit cards in
Israel were magnetic cards only. In the
middle of 1999, the credit companies in
Israel decided to issue credit cards with
an IC chip. These cards will be used as
smart cards and partially implement the
EMV specifications. An addendum was added
to the existing Ashrahit 96 specification.
This addition deals with the interaction
and processing of terminals, cards and
applications that will work with the
smart credit card.
The first
pilot in Israel is underway in the city
of Nathanya. New POS terminals were
installed in some stores. All new
credit cards issued in Israel include a
smart card chip on board.
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