> Hugo Mills wrote: >> >> As far as I know, they're stand-alone units. >> >> Hugo. > > Yes I can confirm this. I have one for my Natwest account and they are > completely standalone units. They look a little like a calculator, and > you just put your card in it and it displays various numbers which you > then type into the computer - there's no USB interface or anything. > > Cheers, > > Robin >
Also (with NatWest at least) they're currently only used for verification in certain on-line banking operations, such as setting up standing orders. AFAIK there's no way of using them for chip-and-pin payments (as of yet). Mark -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
