VCOS EFT Switch

 
The VCOS EFT switch is the component on VCOS which provides a solution for processing both card and non-card based transactions within and across financial institutions. In its modular form it can be configured as a central switch for a group of institutions, as a participating member institution and as an interface for systems internal to an institution. This switch is generic and is used for applications spanning shared ATM systems, EFT/POS systems, stored-value card systems, VISA systems and Internet direct debit systems. Additional software from the suite of Isis banking solutions are normally configured with the generic VCOS EFT switch for the different applications. 

 
 
 
Its functions

As a generic switching engine, the VCOS EFT switch conforms to all common practices and principles of processing such transactions in banking. The switch, being part of VCOS, also incorporates very advanced techniques in this largely traditional area of banking which has not seen much improvement in ease of implementation and support. The advanced techniques of VCOS makes this one of the easiest switches to work with, particularly in the area of integration and ongoing maintenance due to the revolutionary VCOS techniques.
The VCOS EFT switch easily satisfies traditional principles and practices which include:
- communications
SNA LU6.2 APPC, x.25, TCP/IP, IBM MQSeries

- message switching
real-time and store & forward
- message formatting
ISO 8583, XML, field code orientated
- transaction processing
integrity and checkpoint recovery
- 24x7 non-stop operations
log switching, backup
- transaction logging
system log, trace log, transaction log
- encryption and security
HSM
- device drivers
ATM, EFT/POS
 
 
     
  Its Advantages

Where the VCOS EFT switch differs from a traditional switch is the manner in which work is carried out in customization, implementation, operations and support.The VCOS GUI facilities spanning creation, hosting, operating and administrating the complex set of software that makes up a switch, in a compartmentalized form that is maintainable for this specialized area of banking where expertise is very difficult to find, is what makes the VCOS EFT switch compelling.VCOS component technology compartmentalizes the different areas and through GUIs “packages” each part of a switch so that it may be worked with independently and easily through parameters. Sophisticated VCOS simulators completes this very effective environment by providing a means of enforcement of quality, performance and standards spanning individual components through the entire sub-systems. The requirement of highly qualified staff and high quality intricate work is greatly reduced (along with their cost and risks) with the VCOS EFT switch.