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(The Birmingham Post Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) A Coventry firm with a device to stop 'shoulder surfing' at till points has signed a licensing deal with one of the biggest names in chip and pin technology.
Secure Access Solutions will supply Ingenico UK with its ViewSafe device which magnifies the Chip and PIN terminal. This makes it easier for the user to see the keypad but distorts it for those standing a little further away.
The device, which has undergone a successful trial with Boots at its Cambridge store since May, will now be taken nationwide.
Ingenico, which has led the introduction of Chip and PIN in the UK, has around 800,000 units installed and a close to 50 per cent market share.
Nick Parsons, managing director of Ingenico Northern Europe, said: "More than 150 Chip and PIN transactions now take place every second and that is why we are committed to exploring options for how security can be further enhanced to give users even greater peace of mind.
"ViewSafe is a breakthrough solution that cuts off yet another avenue to fraudsters.
"In the coming months Ingenico will be working closely with SAS to drive the introduction of the device and tailor it for different payment environments."
Neil Radford, a University of Warwick Enterprise Fellow who founded SAS, said he was looking forward to working with Ingenico.
"We are delighted that three years of careful and detailed research and product development has now come to fruition and is being very positively received," he said.
The company - which originally developed ViewSafe to help partially sighted shoppers - is also continuing work with the Royal National Institute of the Blind on commissioning a number of further trials.
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Copyright 2006 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd.
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