Patent ID: 8915434

Claim:
A card reader guide for use in a fascia of a self-service terminal, the card reader guide comprising: a card reader aperture extending in a first direction through which a customer may insert a card with a data storing magnetic stripe to a magnetic card reader; a first protrusion extending (i) along part of the card reader aperture through which the magnetic stripe of the card passes, and (ii) towards the customer, wherein the first protrusion defines a stripe path aligned with the magnetic stripe of the card as the card is inserted by the customer; a second protrusion, opposite to, and aligned with, the first protrusion, and extending (i) along the part of the card reader aperture through which the magnetic stripe of the card passes, and (ii) towards the customer, a further portion beside the first and second protrusions providing a customer with the ability to remove the card by grasping a non-magnetic stripe portion of the card; and an alien card reader detector that detects alien card readers, the alien card reader detector located in a detector cavity in the first protrusion at the stripe path and within a card reader guide cover.