ATM
What Is Retract?
Retract is a term used in ATM systems. When cash already presented to the customer is not taken, it is diverted into a compartment called retract, as opposed to the reject compartment used for unusable banknotes.
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Merchant & POS
What is the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK)?
The Personal Data Protection Law was adopted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 24/03/2016 and published in Official Gazette No. 29677 on 07/04/2016. It protects individuals' rights in the processing of personal data and sets the rules that data controllers must follow.
Payment Systems
What Are Closed-Loop Payment Systems? The Hidden Side of the Payments World | Closed-Loop Payments #1
The Hidden Side of the Payments World. The words a person working in the payment systems industry hears most over a career are probably Visa, Mastercard, POS, debit card, virtual POS, acquiring and card issuing. Frankly, my own career did not unfold very differently from that journey...
Closed-Loop Payments
Is Starbucks Selling Coffee, or Building an Ecosystem? | Closed-Loop Payments #4
Is Starbucks really selling coffee, or building an ecosystem? Prepaid balances, a loyalty program and customer data turn a coffee chain's payments into a closed-loop economy, a very different model from Istanbulkart.
Closed-Loop Payments
Alipay: Payment System or Digital Economy? | Closed-Loop Payments #5
Is Alipay a payment system, or a digital economy? In the previous post we discussed how Starbucks shows that payment systems can evolve into a different structure. At first the goal was to make payment easier for the customer. As the system grew, loyalty programs...
Merchant & POS
How Should We Interpret the Regulation on the Non-Use of Crypto Assets in Payments?
The Regulation on the Non-Use of Crypto Assets in Payments, published in the Official Gazette on 16 April and effective from 30 April, looks set to seriously affect cryptocurrency developments in Turkey. Here are its key points and the full text.
ATM
What is Cash Trapping?
Cash trapping is a type of ATM fraud in which criminals install a device on the ATM or interfere with its operation to trap dispensed cash, making it difficult to detect until the fraudster returns to retrieve the trapped money.
Fraud
What is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack (MITM)?
A man-in-the-middle attack is a method in which an attacker inserts themselves between the server and client to intercept users' information, steal passwords, and gain access to accounts on a local network. This fraud mostly occurs over public internet connections.
Online & Authorization
Error Codes Used in Authorization Transactions and Their Explanations
A reference guide to authorization response codes seen on POS and ATM transactions, with plain-language explanations of what each code means and what to do about it.
Payment Systems
Preventing Financial Losses in Payment Systems: Authorization, Clearing, and the Reversal Mechanism
Every payment transaction completes in seconds, yet dozens of controls run behind the scenes. This post covers the precautions for authorization and clearing, the critical role of reversals, and the financial loss scenarios most often seen in the field.
Payment Systems
Guide on Data Sharing Services in Payment Services Published
Open banking opens financial data, under the regulations and with the customer's explicit consent, to third-party service providers through standard APIs. The CBRT has published a guide on payment initiation and account information services, covering licensing and technical certification.
Credit Card
What should you know before buying a prepaid card?
A prepaid card is a customized chip or chipless card that is not linked to a bank account and has no credit limit like a credit card. You can only spend up to the amount loaded onto the card.