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Merchant & POS
Open authorization covers the period between authorization, POS batch close, the bank's end-of-day process, and clearing. Learn which steps allow cancellation versus refund, and what a cardholder should do.
ISO 8583
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.
Merchant & POS
A Z Report is a report taken at the end of the business day, bearing a sequential number, that gives detailed information about sales made using a cash register during a business day, the revenue earned, and the VAT collected.
Credit Card
In credit card transactions made through a POS, receiving approval alone is not enough for the transaction to post to the card's statement period; settlement must also take place. The settlement period, known as the open-authorization waiting time, varies by transaction type.
Merchant & POS
To upload a version to a POS, the software on the POS and the authorization system on the bank side must support it. Version upload to a POS can be done manually on the device itself, or via a remote upload request.
Credit Card
While it is true that, with technological advancement, the trend of using payment transactions without a physical card via mobile phones has increased, there are many reasons why cards are still physically printed and delivered to customers.
Merchant & POS
In payment systems, every exchange between POS devices and bank or payment institution systems runs on a specific messaging standard, generally based on ISO 8583. However, each country, bank, or switch network defines its own version of this standard.
Payment Systems
Offline transaction parameters are divided into two types: contact offline and contactless offline. These parameters can be managed separately through Terminal data and Chip data. Offline transactions can be reported to the HOST after an online transaction, after X occurrences, and more.
Payment Systems
TCR stands for Transaction Record Component, the packets that carry transaction information in a clearing system. Transaction types in a clearing file are distinguished by transaction code and usage code values, and this data is sent inside TCR packets.
Credit Card
While reviewing your credit card statement, you suddenly notice a transaction you never made. What would you think? Is your card going shopping while you sleep? Let's look at how this can happen and what to do about it.
Merchant & POS
Credit card transactions made via POS sometimes need to be reversed. These are called a cancellation (void) or a refund. What's the difference, and when does each apply?
Payment Systems
Let's talk about payment systems, which we have heard more about since the internet entered our lives, and the basic structures behind them. The first credit card in the world was used in America in the 1920s.