3Card-F is a set of software applications designed to ensure automatic interchange and real-time processing of online (authorization) messages resulting from transactions made with payment cards. It has been designed to process card transactions at Members’ (Acquirers’ and Issuers’) Authorization Centers and at inter-bank Authorization Interchange Centers.
The system includes the following main components (Figure 4):
The system includes the following main components (Figure 4):
- Security Server;
- Security Administrator Workstation;
- External System Interfaces:
- Payment System Network Interfaces;
- Local Payment Scheme Network Interface;
- Third-Party Authorization System Interface;
- Back Office System Interface;
- Communication Tools;
- Mailing Subsystem.
