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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.
Credit Card
Yes. Your credit card limit can be reduced without your permission and approval. Banks may set a lower limit as a result of updates based on a person's economic and social situation, credit score and similar information.
Merchant & POS
Partial Authorization lets an issuer approve part of a transaction instead of declining it when the balance or limit is insufficient. This post covers how it works in ISO 8583, whether it is mandatory, and why it matters for the business.
Merchant & POS
A Payment Facilitator (PF) is a licensed payment institution that lets merchants accept card payments without applying to banks directly. Learn how it works.
Laws & Regulations
The CBRT announced that it has launched open banking services in payments, a component of the digital economy roadmap of its liraization strategy, through BKM's Open Banking Gateway (GEÇİT).
Credit Card
The Credit Reference System (KRS) is an information sharing system that, using modern methods, enables detailed information about individual credit product customers to be shared among KKB member institutions, in order to determine the risk factor…
Payment Institutions & E-Money
A payment institution is a legal entity authorized under the Law to provide and execute payment services. It must be a joint stock company meeting the conditions in Article 14 of Law No. 6493. This post sets out the services listed in Article 12 and the exclusions.
Payment Systems
The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) had prepared a draft communiqué on the remote identity verification methods banks can use. According to the communiqué published in today's Official Gazette, the practice enters into force on May 1.
ISO 8583
F41 - CARD ACCEPTOR TERMINAL IDENTIFICATION: the terminal where a transaction took place. An 8-character alphanumeric value generated by the acquirer bank and assigned to the POS, managed as a unique terminal number at the acquirer.
ATM
Retract is a term used in ATM systems. When cash already presented to the customer is not taken, it is diverted into a compartment called retract, as opposed to the reject compartment used for unusable banknotes.
Credit Card
In foreign transactions the Transaction Amount is taken online from the customer's account, but what matters is the amount transmitted at clearing, so exchange rate fluctuations between the two moments can create risk for the bank.
Merchant & POS
When any sole proprietorship or commercial business applies to become a merchant, banks install a POS device, paying significant amounts to purchase each one, then rent the devices to merchants.