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Magnetic Stripe Transactions

Payment cards typically store customer data on a magnetic stripe embedded in the back of the card. A customer swipes their card on a payment terminal to pass this data to the merchant's point-of-sale system. Swiping of the payment card is typically used for non-EMV cards, such as some pre-paid cards, or as an alternative payment method when a contact- or contactless-EMV payment fails.