Cyclos Explained
| Cyclos |
| Screenshot Size: | 256px |
| Developer: | The Cyclos team (a subsidiary of STRO) |
| Latest Release Version: | 4.10.2[1] |
| Programming Language: | Java |
| Operating System: | Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris. |
| Language: | English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Dutch. |
| License: | GNU General Public License (up to version 3); Proprietary (version 4) |
| Website: | www.cyclos.org |
Cyclos is online banking software for microfinance institutions, local banks (in developing countries) and complementary currency systems like LETS, TD4W credits, barter networks and time banks.[2]
It was developed by the Social Trade Organisation (STRO in Netherlands and Instrodi in Brazil).[3]
Cyclos has the following functionality:[4]
- Online banking tools
- E-commerce platform
- Business directory
- Referrals and transaction qualifications
- Messaging and notification system
- Call- and support-center logging
- Integrated management information system
Cyclos can be accessed through the web but also supports mobile phones and point of sale devices. Enabling SMS and card payments.[5]
References
- https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/world/europe/in-greece-barter-networks-surge.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/16/greece-on-breadline-cashless-currency
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120328114321/http://www.sunflower.ch/index.php?p=site4_cyclos&l=en
- http://trado.info/node/10
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110928151625/http://www.correntewire.com/cyclos_alternative_currency_software
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120511215702/http://ccmag.net/cyclos/3/6
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Cyclos4 License Server . 2018-06-03 . registration.
- Web site: PaymentEye . 2014-10-24.
- Web site: About STRO. 19 May 2024.
- Web site: Cyclos feature list . 2012-02-23.
- Web site: Mobile banking with Cyclos . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218050106/http://project.cyclos.org/mobile-banking . dead . 2012-02-18 . 2012-02-23 .
