Why Credit Card transaction doesn't capture names.

Posted by TJW on December 17, 2007, 1:13 pm

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Does anyone know why credit card transaction doesn't capture names? On the
receipt of the credit card transaction, it doesn't have the name of the card
holder.

Posted by root on December 17, 2007, 3:11 pm

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The Dynamics team must not think we need it (despite our requests).

> Does anyone know why credit card transaction doesn't capture names? On

> the

> receipt of the credit card transaction, it doesn't have the name of the

> card

> holder.

Posted by Glenn Adams on December 17, 2007, 5:19 pm

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I'm going to be a little cynical here, so bear with me...

First, cards have either 2 or three 'tracks' on the mag stripe. The name is
on a track that RMS ignores, even though there are fields in the database to
handle that data.

Second, rather than writing secure software, with RMS MS has taken the tact
of never storing any information that is even marginally private. In this
way, they avoid having to pass a real review by the credit card companies.

I'm not positive of this, but you may be able to add this functionality in
using the Card Vault add-in from New West...

--
Glenn Adams
Tiber Creek Consulting
http://www.tibercreek.com

"TJW" wrote:

> Does anyone know why credit card transaction doesn't capture names? On the

> receipt of the credit card transaction, it doesn't have the name of the card

> holder.

Posted by root on December 17, 2007, 5:25 pm

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I think someone has posted add-in code in the NG to capture that info to be
used as a receipt variable as well.

> I'm going to be a little cynical here, so bear with me...

> First, cards have either 2 or three 'tracks' on the mag stripe. The name

> is

> on a track that RMS ignores, even though there are fields in the database

> to

> handle that data.

> Second, rather than writing secure software, with RMS MS has taken the

> tact

> of never storing any information that is even marginally private. In this

> way, they avoid having to pass a real review by the credit card companies.

> I'm not positive of this, but you may be able to add this functionality in

> using the Card Vault add-in from New West...

> --

> Glenn Adams

> Tiber Creek Consulting

> http://www.tibercreek.com

> "TJW" wrote:

>> Does anyone know why credit card transaction doesn't capture names? On

>> the

>> receipt of the credit card transaction, it doesn't have the name of the

>> card

>> holder.