"Eachmagstripehasthreetracks ofinformation," explainspaymentssecurityexpertJeremy Gumbley, the chieftechnologyofficerofCreditCall, an electronic-paymentscompany.
Unlike credit scoring systems (like Fico) that can't see the layer of activity below credit card and loan payments, Fiserv tracks consumer accounts, debit card payments and online bill-pay habits.
Tunecore, CD Baby and other music aggregators ingest audio tracks and populate them on music stores and subscription services and administer royalty payments.