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Contactless credit card PIN requirement illustration

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New Rule for Contactless Payments With Credit Cards

The BRSA has issued a new decision on contactless cards, instructing banks to require a PIN on the first contactless transaction to prevent cards from being used without the customer's knowledge.

Illustration representing recurring subscription payments with a credit card

E-commerce

What is Recurring Payment?

Transactions paid at regular intervals can be defined in the system so that only the installment amount blocks the credit card limit; these are called recurring transactions, used for subscriptions or automatic bill payments.

Manibux prepaid card and allowance app for students and parents

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The Era of Card Payments in Schools

Prepaid cards have changed how families manage children's spending. The Manibux allowance app now serves schools with its K12 application, letting parents load separate allowance and canteen balances for their children.

Diagram showing the Issuer Domain, Interoperability Domain and Acquirer Domain in 3D Secure

Merchant & POS

What are Payment Scheme 3D Secure systems?

3D Secure is short for Three Domain Secure (Issuer Domain, the Interoperability Domain and the Acquirer Domain), used to increase security in online transactions. Known to cardholders as 3D Secure, these systems are given unique names by payment schemes (MasterCard, Visa, etc.).

Diagram showing the PSE (Payment System Environment) directory used for application selection on an EMV chip card

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What is PSE (Payment System Environment)?

PSE (Payment System Environment) is a directory on the card named 1PAY.SYS.DDF01 for a contact chip and 2PAY.SYS.DDF01 for a contactless chip. The Candidate List built via PSE is called indirect or implicit Application Selection.