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Credit Card
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a technical and operational standard created by the PCI Committee, formed by internationally recognized payment brands, to ensure data security in card payment systems.
Credit Card
When banks launch a new card product, they can do it under an existing BIN or a new one. A new BIN requires much more work: BKM announces it, every bank defines it and every POS has to download it.
Credit Card
Administrative follow-up and legal follow-up are both credit card collection statuses, but they differ in many ways in how they work, what they cost and how they affect the cardholder.
ATM
ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine, an electronic device that lets customers carry out account transactions with or without a card. It was invented in 1960 by John Shepherd-Barron. The first ATM in Turkey was installed in 1982.
Merchant & POS
Virtual POS is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, designed for online shopping. It is not issued to individual customers, only to sole proprietorships, companies, or foundations and associations.
Credit Card
Although debit cards and credit cards look similar in appearance, there are fundamental differences between them, from cash advances to installments and security.
Credit Card
Debit cards and prepaid cards are generally closed to mail order transactions. Mail order authorization is held on credit cards. Unless specifically requested at application, a card is issued closed to mail order transactions.
Credit Card
Credit card fraud is generally committed using the card itself, using card details without the card, via excess or duplicate withdrawals, or by seizing identity information. ATM card trapping is common, since ATMs hold the card during the transaction.
Merchant & POS
When a transaction is made through a POS, it is recorded both on the POS itself and in the acquiring bank's authorization system. At batch close, the POS sends all its transactions to the bank, which reconciles them against its own records.
Merchant & POS
To accept a card brand such as Mastercard or Visa, a POS must be certified for that brand. Which brands a POS accepts is the bank's decision.
Merchant & POS
To upload a version to a POS, the software on the POS and the authorization system on the bank side must support it. Version upload to a POS can be done manually on the device itself, or via a remote upload request.
Merchant & POS
Developed by BKM and made available to banks, OPYS centrally supports setting up multi-application POS terminals shared by multiple members, inviting other members, adding or removing them, and managing field company relationships.