!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a communications [protocol] standard for securing [credit card|Payment Card] [Transactions] over networks, specifically, the [Internet]. [{$pagename}] was not itself a payment system, but rather a set of [security] [protocols] and formats that enabled users to employ the existing [credit card payment|Payment Transactions] infrastructure on an open network in a secure fashion.

[{$pagename}] was developed by the SET Consortium, established in [1996|Year 1996] by [VISA] and [MasterCard] in cooperation with [GTE], [IBM], [Microsoft], [Netscape], [SAIC], Terisa Systems, [RSA], and [VeriSign]. [VISA] now promotes [3D Secure].

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