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5.0 Overview | FTS 5.0 Architecture
Overview
The phenomenal growth of electronic delivery channels has challenged companies to adapt quickly to an ever-changing business environment. ESP-Link™/FTS enables efficient transactions from any delivery channel and exchanges them securely and seamlessly with any destination — retail banking systems, card processing centers, stock exchanges, or EDI trading partners. FTS makes it convenient and easy to use e-commerce systems and gives customers continuous access to funds and information.
Benefits
Improve Customer Satisfaction
Build on your investment
Increase Revenues
Manage Risks
Build Winning Strategies faster
Offer faster service and shorter lines
Guaranteed availability (24x7x365)
Enable efficient integration of existing systems infrastructure
Reduce fraud and bad debt
Use stand-in authorization
Analyze in-depth customer usage trends
Create relationship-building, cross selling programs
Key Features
Certified for EMV Acquiring
Easy-To-Use Graphical User Interface
No more Unix Command Lines
Enhanced UI Security Features
New Message Queue Manager Improves Performance
Streamlined Configuration Process
Certified for EMV Acquiring
FTS 5.0 is ready for EMV transaction processing. The internal message structure of the Transaction Management Engine supports the all the extensions required to manage the additional EMV data elements.
Graphical User Interface (No more command lines
All user interactions with the FTS application (monitoring, command, control, and configuration) now take place exclusively through the FTS 5.0 graphical user interface. The new user interface eliminates all need for any command line interactions with ESP-Link™/FTS.
UI Security Features
FTS 5.0 provides enhanced application access security. Using the role-based security mechanisms, access to key FTS functions can be linked to operational responsibilities or individual capabilities. All system actions initiated through the user interface as well as all system events are logged in as many as five separate, secure log files which can only be reviewed and managed by authorized FTS 5.0 users.
New Message Queue Manager
FTS 5.0 contains technology for the automatic monitoring, detection and repair of message queue incidents. There is also a monitoring process for the switch that performs automatic instantiation and resource recovery and based on loading parameters.
Streamlined Configuration Process
ESP-Link™/FTS is now easier than ever to configure and administer. All the configuration functions are in real-time and are regrouped and reorganized under a single top-level menu. A copy/paste functions simplifies data entry. No specialized knowledge of database tables is required. The result is vastly improved workflow, elimination of configuration errors and much improved operational efficiency.
Create Winning Solutions with ESP-Link™/FTS
In addition to ATM and POS proprietary and shared interchanges, the building block architecture of ESP-Link™/FTS can be used to build winning transaction management solutions like those described below:
Credit, Debit and Authorization
FTS provides complete support for credit, debit and check authorization requests for private label, national or international cards.
Remittance Processing
FTS supports information exchanges to enable the acceptance and processing of remittance transactions. In this configuration, funds deposited in a office abroad are available instantly to recipients at home from any self-service device.
Bill Payment Services
A centralized bill payment service bureau can be established on behalf of several financial institutions, reducing the need for each institution to have separate agency agreements with each utility company.
Branch to Host Switching
FTS can act as a bridge between incompatible branch applications and host systems by re-formatting, routing and managing transaction traffic from teller workstations and branch automation controllers.
Branch to Branch Switching
FTS provides cost-effective regional hubs that provide transaction switching services between disparate branch systems.
Moving Transactions Anywhere
ESP-Link™/FTS can be used to manage transactions destined for a myriad of authorization end points. These include: retail banking systems, credit authorization bureaus, etc. Each authorization center is not necessarily an ESP-Link™ application although several like Card Management, Internet Banking, Alert Server, Collections and Health Claims Services are available. These applications are designed using the same application architecture and fit seamlessly into ESP-Link™/FTS solutions.
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