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Payment Systems
One of the most notable recent developments in card payments is that contactless limits are no longer fixed and can be managed dynamically per customer. Mastercard and Visa are taking different but complementary approaches, and ISO 8583 may need to evolve with them.
Chargeback
A chargeback is the process of requesting that an amount paid by credit card be refunded, either because the goods or services paid for were not received, or because a transaction is identified as one the cardholder did not carry out.
Fraud
Data leakage is the intentional or accidental exposure of sensitive data through any channel where it is stored, processed or transmitted. This post covers its three main causes and the DLP solutions used to prevent it.
Credit Card
KKB was established, under banking law, to enable the exchange of all kinds of information and documents among at least five banks, and it also shares credit information about customers. The Credit Bureau of Turkey also serves deposit banks, participation banks, financial institutions, and more.
Security
Vishing is a method of deceiving the victim using voice. It replaces the "p" in phishing with the first letter of "voice," meaning "voice deception." It is reinforced by technology in social engineering cases to extract information more easily.
Credit Card
Germany-based Deutsche Bank is launching a new credit card in Spain with a dynamic CVV code that changes every four hours, to make online shopping more secure. Deutsche Bank partnered with Mastercard and Idemia for the new card, launched under the Tarjeta Calma brand.
Merchant & POS
These are devices connected to a POS terminal that allow fast payments, up to a certain limit, using contactless credit cards or prepaid cards by tapping them on the contactless reader instead of the POS's card reader. Can every POS have a contactless reader attached?
Credit Card
SAFE, short for System to Avoid Fraud Effectively, refers to fraud records created by issuing banks. Fraud records sent in the Mastercard clearing format fall under the SAFE category.
Credit Card
ISO/IEC 7811 specifies the requirements for embossed characters on identification cards and is a set of nine standards describing recording techniques on identification cards.
Merchant & POS
A smart cash register is a new-generation, IP-based payment recording device that integrates a cash register with a POS terminal. It combines fiscal devices and POS devices in a single unit and transmits data to the Ministry of Finance in real time.
Online & Authorization
A reference guide to authorization response codes seen on POS and ATM transactions, with plain-language explanations of what each code means and what to do about it.
Laws & Regulations
A rule-based method has been adopted for setting the maximum interest rates on credit card transactions, using a reference rate based on banks' weighted average deposit rates plus 55 basis points. This post summarizes the method and the rates effective 1 November 2020.