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Close-up of a payment card chip, illustrating EMV cardholder verification

Online & Authorization

Cardholder Verification in EMV (CVM)

Cardholder verification in EMV is specific to chip cards. One goal of EMV is to minimize card fraud. To do this, three parties must be verified: the bank, the cardholder, and the terminal. One of the data items taken from the card to prove identity is...

Table describing the subfields of ISO 8583 field 60, the advice reason code

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F60)

F60-ADVICE REASON CODE: Used to indicate the specific purpose of an advice/reversal message. It is 60 characters long.

Diagram of the ISO 8583 field F45 Track 1 data structure

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F45)

F45 (TRACK-1 DAT) carries the Track 1 data of the card in ISO 7813 format, including field separators and start and end sentinels but excluding the LRC character. It is 76 characters long.

Diagram explaining ISO 8583 field 11 (STAN)

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F11)

DE 11 - SYSTEMS TRACE AUDIT NUMBER: A 6-digit unique numeric value generated by the message originator, enabling unique tracking of the transaction. How is STAN generated?

Diagram illustrating ISO 8583 field F23, the card sequence number

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F23)

F23 - CARD SEQUENCE NUMBER: Information used to distinguish cards sharing the same card number. For example, the Card Sequence Number is incremented by 1 when a card is renewed. In an authorization transaction, if the F22 value is '05x'...

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.

Credit card being inserted into a merchant POS terminal

Credit Card

What Is the Transaction Life Cycle in the Card World?

As credit cards become more and more a part of our lives, we now make almost all our purchases without cash. We inserted our card into the merchant's POS. We made a 100 TRY sale transaction. We received a receipt confirming it was successful.

Diagram of the Shared POS Management System (OPYS)

Merchant & POS

What Is the Shared POS Management System (OPYS)?

Developed by BKM and made available to banks, OPYS centrally supports setting up multi-application POS terminals shared by multiple members, inviting other members, adding or removing them, and managing field company relationships.

POS terminal used for a card payment transaction

Merchant & POS

What Is a Timeout in Payment Systems?

In the world of payment systems, both the issuer (the cardholder's bank) and the acquirer (the POS/ATM bank) must follow certain rules for card transactions made through a POS terminal or an ATM. Responding to transactions within a certain time is one of these rules.

Diagram illustrating how netting works between two banks in the clearing system

Clearing

What Is Netting in the Clearing System?

In payment systems, a transaction made at a merchant or ATM with a card issued by a different bank becomes subject to clearing. Netting offsets each participant's receivables and payables from these transactions into a single balance.

Illustration of customer-based contactless card limit management

Payment Systems

Can a Card's Contactless Limit Be Managed on a Per-Customer Basis?

Contactless payment has greatly improved the user experience, yet its fixed transaction limit is a common complaint. Can this limit be managed dynamically per customer? This post covers the current situation, technical and regulatory requirements and the outlook.