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Merchant & POS
Loyalty points are promotional rewards banks give customers for credit card transactions, tracked on a card/customer basis. Banks charge merchants a commission on POS transactions, and some share part of that commission with cardholders as points.
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.
Merchant & POS
Almost all of us carry at least one credit card. Imagine losing your wallet with all your cards inside, and someone with bad intentions finding it and using the cards without a PIN. Who bears the responsibility?
Payment Systems
A Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) can initiate a payment on a customer's behalf, withdrawing funds directly from their account with consent. Norway's Vipps is the most widely used PISP, and more providers are expected as PSD2 expands across Europe.
ATM
The name given to the solution developed by NCR against card skimming and fraud. With SPS, the ATM network is protected from the cost and risks of skimming attacks, which cause over 2 billion dollars in global losses annually.
Chargeback
A chargeback is when cardholders dispute a transaction made without their knowledge through their card-issuing bank. So what does a Retrieval Request mean? It is essentially a document request related to transactions a cardholder does not recognize on their statement.
Merchant & POS
UnionPay International (UPI) is a China UnionPay subsidiary founded in November 2012. Together with more than 1,000 institutions worldwide, UPI provides international card acceptance in 160 countries and card issuance in more than 40 countries and regions.
Credit Card
The effect of credit cards on inflation has been debated for years. Because I am asked about it so often, I ran a poll on arifunal.com to gather readers' views. This post weighs the positive and negative effects and compares the poll with the research findings.
Merchant & POS
Today is April 23, the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Grand National Assembly. Taking Children's Day as a starting point, this post looks at digitalization, Generation Z, blockchain, biometric payments and the cashless society from a payment systems perspective.
Credit Card
When I think back to the Akbil I used when I first arrived in Istanbul, I think it's fair to say that Istanbulkart has undergone a very significant transformation. Users can now track activity, top up and view balances right from their phones.
Clearing
The Documentation Indicator is a code carried in the F60 (Additional Data) DE05 field of clearing transactions. Used in second presentment and reversal presentment transactions, it shows whether the supporting document has been sent. This post lists the values and their meanings.
Chargeback
A good faith review request is a written request that issuers and acquirers send each other to collect on a transaction when the dispute (chargeback) process cannot be run. The requesting party states its grounds.