DISCOVER JOINS MULTOS CAMP.Discover Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , the largest issuer of credit cards in the US, is to join the MAOSCO consortium, the consortium formed to drive the MULTOS MULTOS Multimedia Office Server operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for smart cards. The addition of Discover, which issues 46 million cards, is a big step forward towards the consortium's hopes of making MULTOS the industry-standard platform, particularly at a time when the industry is twitchy twitch·y adj. twitch·i·er, twitch·i·est 1. Characterized by jerky or spasmodic motion: the twitchy whiskers of a cat. 2. Nervous; jittery. about Microsoft's move into the smart card arena. Discover, a business unit of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co, joins MasterCard International, Europay International, American Express and Mondex International, as a supporter of the platform. |
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