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Diagram explaining 3D Secure, Half 3D, and Non 3D e-commerce transaction levels

Merchant & POS

What is an E-commerce Transaction?

E-Commerce can briefly be described as the sale and purchase of products over the internet, a term used since 1969. Virtual POS operates behind e-commerce transactions, which take place at different levels: Non 3D, Half 3D, and Full 3D Secure.

Photo of a POS terminal related to Terminal Action Code settings

Merchant & POS

Terminal Action Code (TAC)

These are codes placed into the terminal software by the acquirer that govern the rules for whether transactions go online or are declined, covering offline approval, offline decline, and online submission due to issuer risk...

Diagram of an e-money institution and the services it can provide under Law No. 6493

Payment Institutions & E-Money

What Is an E-Money Institution? Which Services Can It Provide Under Law No. 6493?

The Law defines e-money as monetary value issued in exchange for funds accepted by the issuer, stored electronically, used for payment transactions and accepted as a payment instrument by persons other than the issuer. This post explains e-money institutions and the services they may provide.

OTP SMS service icon illustrating one-time password delivery

Security

What Is OTP? What Is Its Role in End-to-End Security?

With Chip&Pin technology, card PINs and chip-based transactions became widespread. As online shopping grew, strengthening the security of these transactions became a necessity, and OTP began providing that transaction security.

Architecture of 3DS 1.0 compared with 3DS 2.0, showing the issuer, interoperability and acquirer domains

Security

What Is 3D Secure 2.0?

Before 3D Secure 2.0, let's explain what 3D Secure is. 3D Secure is a two-layer payment authentication system that protects both the cardholder and the merchant in online payments. First released by Visa in 1999, it was later adopted by other card schemes…

Diagram illustrating the TLV (Tag-Length-Value) data structure

Online & Authorization

What is TLV (Tag-Length-Value)?

TLV is a data storage method used to speed up the parsing of data. For example, reading data from a card's chip at a POS and carrying it through authorization uses the TLV structure.

MasterCard Identity Check logo and authentication illustration

Security

What is MasterCard Identity Check?

Payment security is very important in payment systems. To increase security, transactions require additional information such as PINs and passwords. Remembering which information to use, and keeping it in mind without forgetting…

Photo illustrating a point-of-sale multiple installment sale transaction

Merchant & POS

What is a Multiple Installment Sale?

This can occur at companies selling products from different sectors. For example, you enter a shopping mall and buy a refrigerator for 3000 TL, a dishwasher for 2000 TL, and an iron for 1000 TL, each under a different installment campaign.