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Slim CD Inc., a transaction-software company in Coral Springs, Fla., announced today its product has been certified by First Data Corp., allowing banks and independent sales organizations supported by FDC to offer merchants high-speed card transactions on personal computers through Slim CD's software. The company says its product can process transactions in two to five seconds through a frame-relay connection to First Data. Merchants need not have a leased line or dedicated Internet connection. The software runs on any IBM-compatible PC and supports card swipes, signature-capture terminals, and receipt printers. It features a virtual terminal, built-in gateways, fraud detection, back-up dial-up capability, and hosted shopping carts. Slim CD says the product is aimed in particular at restaurant, hotel, auto rental, direct marketing, and e-commerce merchants. Slim CD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Online Commerce Corp.
