[oclug] A credit/debit card reader for the home ??

[Mark Little]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:00:44 -0400, William Case <billlinux at rogers.com>
wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> What I think would work for me is having a personal card reader attached
> to my computer.  If I wanted to make an online purchase, the
> communication of account numbers and passwords would be directly between
> me and my bank with only the purchase amount and name and some kind of
> purchased item ID being transferred to the vendor by my bank.
> 

EBillMe (www.ebillme.com) already do this, and you don't even need the
card reader.  You just use the bill payment functionality in your existing
online banking.  The problem is they are relatively new and vendors need to
support them.. but its slowly catching on and they list quite a few major
companies on their website.

They're an Ottawa based company too..


Cheers,
Mark