A PORTABLE CONSUMER DEVICE, A MERCHANT CHECKOUT AND A METHOD FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM A PAYMENT CARD HAVING AN ANTI-TAMPERING MEMBER

摘要

A portable consumer device having an information bearing region is packaged with an anti-tampering member. The region includes information pertaining to an account associated with a payment processing system. With a permanent alteration of the anti-tampering member so as to make the region accessible, a merchant's point of service terminal can interact with the region so as to change a state of the account.