Credit Card
What Is a Business Card?
A business credit card is a credit card offered by banks to businesses so they can make company expenditures and track and manage those expenses.
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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.
HCE
What Are the Characteristics of a Tokenized Card Number?
A tokenized card number replaces a physical card number so transactions can be carried out securely. It is generated by the TSP (Token Service Provider), used by the cardholder or merchant, and travels across the payment systems network.
Credit Card
What does it mean for a card transaction to expire?
Due to how payment systems work, authorization is obtained for a transaction first. For a Not Onus transaction (different card and POS banks), the system waits for it to arrive via the clearing incoming file. If it does not arrive within about a week, the transaction expires.
Merchant & POS
What Is Secure Payment (GO)?
GO Secure Payment is a system developed by BKM that verifies cardholders using a one-time password (OTP) during online purchases made with TROY cards, providing banks with a secure verification platform without needing to store card data.
Credit Card
Differences Between a Credit Card and a Debit Card
Although debit cards and credit cards look similar in appearance, there are fundamental differences between them, from cash advances to installments and security.
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.
ISO 8583
ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F18)
F18-MERCHANT TYPE: This is the merchant's category code (MCC) information. It must contain values from the Mastercard or Visa MCC Code list. It is a 4-digit numeric value. For ATM transactions, MCC code 6011 should be sent. The role of MCC in authorization...
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.
ISO 8583
ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F35)
F35 TRACK-2 DATA: The values printed to the card's Track 2 data in ISO 7813 format, including field separators and start/end sentinels, but excluding LRC (Longitudinal Redundancy Check) characters. It is 37 characters long.
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'...
ISO 8583
ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F14)
F14 - DATE, EXPIRATION DATE: the expiration date printed on the card by the issuing bank, a 4-digit numeric value in YYMM format. See how it's checked and why the YYMM order matters.