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Authorisation terminal. A terminal permitting authorisation of a transaction but not necessarily capturing the transaction data into a payment system.
Automated issuing machine. A machine which records information on a blank identification card before its issue to the cardholder. Some issuing machines only write information on magnetic tracks, others carry out embossing too. Avant. Finnish EP (Electronic Purse) scheme.
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