摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a credit card authentication system capable of utilizing not only a normal credit card but also a one time credit card. SOLUTION: The credit card authentication system is composed of a plurality of card authentication terminals 10 and a central data processing center 20 which processes various data sent from the card authentication terminals 10 via a public circuit network 40 and obtains authentication information for every credit card requiring authentication from a host computer of each card company 30 via a card business general network system 50 to send to the card authentication terminals 10. The card authentication terminals 10 comprises a card reader 14 capable of reading member information of the credit card requiring authentication, and the central data processing center 20 comprises a data storing device in which utilization propriety information whether the utilization of one time only is possible or not is recorded for every card ID. |