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Diagram of an Onus installment transaction flow between POS and HOST

Payment Systems

What are the key points in an Onus Installment project?

Before describing the Onus Installment process, it is better to first answer: what is an Onus transaction? An Onus transaction is when the acquirer and issuer are the same institution, so the transaction is processed through that institution.

Illustration explaining what a non-secure e-commerce card transaction is

Payment Systems

What is a Non-Secure transaction?

A non-secure transaction is an e-commerce transaction approved without any verification before authorization, such as SMS OTP. In short, authorization is obtained by verifying only the card number, expiration date, and CVV2.

Illustration representing MCC codes used to classify merchants by category

Merchant & POS

What Is an MCC Code Used For?

Since the MCC code is a merchant's category code, it's critical for the checks performed during merchant onboarding and authorization, including campaigns and restrictions.

BKM Central POS Database (MPV) illustration

Merchant & POS

What Is MPV (Central POS Database)?

MPV stands for Merkezi POS Veritabanı (Central POS Database), BKM's shared database of all POS terminals operated by its card-accepting members, used for support, statistics, fraud analysis and the Common POS Management System.

Credit card limit increase approval illustration

Credit Card

Can My Credit Card Limit Be Increased Without My Permission?

The limit set when the card was issued cannot be increased without the cardholder's permission and approval. If you have instructed periodic limit increases, later increases take effect unless you object within fifteen days of being notified.

Contactless card payment on a POS terminal abroad

Credit Card

On the Issue with Visa Contactless Transactions Abroad...

From the outside, Visa contactless looks simple, but once the limit is exceeded and PIN comes into play it gets deeper. Why do response codes 65 and 70 behave so differently on POS devices in different countries, such as the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia?

Diagram illustrating the structure of an ISO 8583 message field

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F41)

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.

POS terminal used for EMV card payment processing

Merchant & POS

TVR (Terminal Verification Results)

Terminal Verification Results (TVR): a sequence of bits produced when a terminal reads an EMV card, based on logical checks such as an expired card. This data object is used to decide whether a payment transaction should be accepted online, declined, or allowed to proceed.

Diagram showing how card transaction data flows through the ISO 8583 messaging standard

Merchant & POS

What is ISO 8583?

Introduction: When a card (credit card/debit card/prepaid card) is used at an ATM or POS, data must be carried securely between systems. For example, in a store sale, the POS initiates the transaction, which must reach the cardholder's bank intact.

Illustration of ways merchants can reduce chargebacks on card transactions

Chargeback

How to Reduce Chargebacks (For Merchants)

Chargeback is inherent to card transactions, so it may be impossible to prevent entirely, but taking precautions keeps the risk to a minimum. Here are the key points merchants should pay attention to in order to reduce chargebacks.

New BIN card product launch process

Credit Card

What Happens When a Product Is Launched Under a New BIN?

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.