The MagneSafe IntelliHead is the industry’s first magnetic sensing, media validating, tamper resistant security module.

Welcome to the 2024 product catalog. MagTek sells to VARs, ISOs, ISVs, resellers, distributors, and directly to customers. Contact MagTek or your service provider to order. Founded in 1972, MagTek is a leading manufacturer of electronic systems for the reliable issuance, reading, transmission, and security of cards, barcodes, checks, PINs, and identification documents.

This document describes how to communicate with Secure Card Reader Authenticator (SCRA) devices which implement MagneSafe V5

3V & 5V Shift-out IntelliHead Technical Reference Manual

The Encrypting SPI MagneSafe IntelliHead provides secure three-track magstripe reading capabilities and MagnePrint data for use in POS terminals and other applications where system requirements dictate the need for improved security to meet PCI (Payment Card Industry) requirements.

The MagneSafe Readers are compact magnetic stripe card readers that conform to ISO standards. In addition to reading multiple tracks of data from a card, the Readers also include MagnePrint technology.

If it can’t be authenticated, it can’t be trusted! In any financial transaction system, you want to know with a high degree of certainty who you’re dealing with, how your privacy is protected, where the money is coming from and going to, how much is at stake, and what’s your recourse if something unexpected occurs. In short, you want to trust the system. How can trust be established? At MagTek we believe its by a combination of things, including cryptography, tokenization, and authentication, which happens to be the strongest of them all.

This brochure provides an overview of the MagTek and CryptoPay partnership, using MagTek hardware and Magensa Services in a Car Wash application.

This brochure provides an overview of the MagTek and CryptoPay partnership, using MagTek hardware and Magensa Services in a Laundromat application.