Payment Systems
What are the Visa and MasterCard product codes?
Below is information on the products found in the Visa and MasterCard systems and their associated product codes, listed under Product ID (cardProductId).
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Security
What Is 3D Secure 2.0?
Before 3D Secure 2.0, let's explain what 3D Secure is. 3D Secure is a two-layer payment authentication system that protects both the cardholder and the merchant in online payments. First released by Visa in 1999, it was later adopted by other card schemes…
Credit Card
What is Major Industry Identifier (MII)?
Major Industry Identifier (MII) is the first digit of a credit card number, representing the category of the institution that issued the card. The MII values and their corresponding categories are listed below.
Merchant & POS
PCI Publishes “CPoC” Standard for Accepting Contactless Payments on Mobile Devices
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), founded in 2006 by Amex, Discover, JCB, Mastercard and Visa, has shared its data security and testing standard for accepting contactless payments on smartphones and tablets without extra hardware.
Credit Card
Card Companies Team Up for “One-Click Payment”
American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard have started working together on an infrastructure that lets leading US e-commerce sites accept one-click payments, so shoppers no longer need to type in all their card details.
Payment Systems
What Is PEPSI (The Pan-European Payment System Initiative)?
28 European banks have started working on a cashless payment system cooperation that would operate across Europe independently of existing international schemes such as Mastercard, Visa and Discover.
Merchant & POS
What is Address Verification Service (AVS)?
Address Verification Service (AVS) is a fraud prevention system that helps limit fraud and chargebacks when used effectively. It verifies that the address a customer enters matches the cardholder's address on file with the issuer.
Credit Card
Istanbulkart: Both Transit Card and Payment Card
When I think back to the Akbil I used when I first arrived in Istanbul, I think it's fair to say that Istanbulkart has undergone a very significant transformation. Users can now track activity, top up and view balances right from their phones.
Credit Card
A Different Combo Card Experience: Union Bank RuPay Combo Card
A look at the Union Bank RuPay combo card, an unusual design with two chips, two card numbers, two CVV2 values, two magnetic stripes, and two payment schemes combining credit and debit card functions.
EMV
What is PIX (Proprietary Application Identifier Extension)?
PIX is the last 4 digits of the AID (Application ID) value. It allows the application provider to distinguish between the different applications it offers. The PIX values by card scheme are listed below.
EMV
What is the Registered Application Provider Identifier (RID)?
RID is part of the AID value, which is structured according to ISO/IEC 7816-5 and consists of two sections: a value specific to the application provider, and an optional field used to identify different providers or products.
EMV
What are Card Scheme AID (Application Identifier) values?
AID tells the terminal which applications are present on a chip when a transaction is performed via POS/ATM. It is a 5-16 digit value in Tag 9F06, used to identify chip applications by card scheme.