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Hand-Keyed Transaction

The process of keying an account number for a transaction versus swiping a card through a magnetic strip card reader to read the primary account number.
 

See also Keyed Transaction.

See also Magnetic Stripe Data.

See also Swiped Card.

Highly Suspect Merchant

A highly suspect merchant is one who has a disproportionately large amount of questionable transactions in relation to the total business conducted over a fixed period of time. While many factors are used to determine whether or not a merchant is suspect, highly suspect or not suspect at all, the single most damaging category are transactions that were recorded on or near a date that a credit card was reported lost or stolen.
 

Host

(PCI) (Technical) See Host computer.

Host capture

The automatic composition of a batch- file for the processor of payments or the payment gateway
 

Host computer

(PCI) (Technical)
Main computer hardware on which computer software is resident.
 
In terms of eCommerce, the computer on which a web site is physically located, normally the Internet Service Provider (ISP).
 
In terms of a POS device, the computer responsible for the authorization and completion of the transaction.
 
 

(PCI) (Technical) See also Client.

(PCI) (Technical) See also Hosting Provider.

Hosting Provider

Offer various services to merchants and other service providers. Services range from simple to complex; from shared space on a server to a whole range of “shopping cart” options; from payment applications to connections to payment gateways and processors; and for hosting dedicated to just one customer per server.
 

HTTP

(PCI) (Technical) See Hypertext transfer protocol.

Hyperlink

(Technical)
An active cross-reference from one resource to another. The cross-reference is called active because it is presented in a medium which allows the reader to follow it, for example by mouse-clicking it. A reader can follow hyperlinks in an HTML document using a Web browser, or navigate through online help, or follow hyperlinks between terms defined in a glossary.
 

Hypertext transfer protocol

(PCI) (Technical)
HTTP is a client/server protocol for delivering hypertext material across an internet. HTTP is stateless: when a client makes multiple requests to a single HTTP server, each request is treated independently. HTTP servers do not remember the earlier requests. The stateless protocol allows HTTP servers to respond to requests quickly.
Most web sites communicate with users via this protocol.
 

(PCI) (Technical) See also Hypertext transfer protocol – Secure Connection.

Hypertext transfer protocol – Secure Connection

(PCI) (Technical)
A variant of HTTP for handling secure transactions. Browsers that support the URL access method, "https", connect to HTTP servers using SSL. "https" is a unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP. Use "https://" for HTTP URLs with SSL and "http://" for HTTP URLs without SSL. The default "https" port number is 443.
 

(PCI) (Technical) See also Hypertext transfer protocol.

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 University of Southern California
 
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2541
 
To Whom It May Concern:
 
The University of Southern California contracted the services of PE Systems. PES was to perform an independent audit of our credit card payment processes to find areas of cost savings.  PES offered a unique service that we thought was important for the university to utilize.  We also valued the fact PES was independent and not affiliated with a bank or processor.
 
We appreciated PES’ skill and expertise and were unaware how complex credit card processing fees can be; we could not have accomplished the same task ourselves.  PES found savings that no one else, including competitive RFP’s nor our bank or processor, had ever found for us.  Additionally, we found their unique contract arrangement to be fair and equitable.  We appreciated the fact that PES had to bring actual savings to us in order to get paid for their services.  Their in-depth analysis was thorough and the recommendations were both realistic and effective.  Their command of the various processing codes and fee structures involved was invaluable to us.
 
We would definitely consider PES’ service to be valuable to any institution who wants to reduce the fees they are paying to accept credit cards.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
Nell F. De Guzman
Associate Treasurer
 
 






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