Later, features such as service and shopping payments, Prepaid mobile phone top-up and show ticket sales, among others, were introduced.

If the user fails to enter the correct PIN after three attempts, the ATM will not return the card.

[7] A recent security measure has been introduced under the form of a tinting mechanism that releases ink and stains the money in the event of forced opening of the ATM.

When in possession of a tinted bill, one must report it to the police (for further investigation, as it is likely to be from a stolen ATM) and can later have it traded at a bank for a non-tinted one, without additional charges.

Therefore, this service allows real time payments protected with security measures, with 266,000 such terminals on the network as of 2014.

[10] It allows its users to check their account balance and transactions, make transfers, service and shopping payments through their mobile phones.

[12] MB NET allows users to make payments through the Internet and it is set up for online shopping.

To generate a virtual credit card one must login to the MB NET site and enter a limit.

Then the site instantly gives the credit card number and security codes (CVC2 and CVV2) to pay for your online purchase.

The great advantage of MB NET is that the customer's real payment details are never known to the vendor and the card's limit can be set according to the purchase's value.

Registration links the MB NET service to a debit or credit card of one of the SIBS associated banking institutions that support it.