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Security
PAM (Personal Assurance Message) is a message that users set up for 3D Secure transactions. It appears on the password screen during checkout and confirms to the user that the screen truly comes from their own bank.
Credit Card
About 90% of payment schemes print card numbers with 16 digits. But 90% producing 16-digit cards should not turn into a rule that card numbers are always 16 digits. Web payment forms must also account for the remaining 10%.
Laws & Regulations
Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection aims to protect consumers' health, safety and economic interests, compensate their losses and inform them. It covers all consumer transactions and practices aimed at consumers.
Credit Card
The term 'wallet' has many definitions in payments and fintech. In general, it refers to digital wallets (e-wallets) used in e-commerce, popular because they let users securely store payment information and pay easily.
Security
When you visit a website, the protocol it supports appears at the left of the web address. Secure data transfers likewise use protocols that support http or https. Let's first take a brief look at what HTTP and HTTPS are.
Credit Card
First, let's briefly explain CVV/CVC. CVV stands for Card Verification Value, a term used for Visa. CVC stands for Card Verification Code, a term used for MasterCard. The CVV/CVC code is used for cardholder verification and to reduce fraud risk.
Credit Card
CNP refers to a transaction made through a website or a company's own app payment page, where the card is not read by any device and its details are entered manually. It is short for Card Not Present.
Online & Authorization
Online transactions grow every day in both number and volume, and so does the risk of fraud. Here are practical steps cardholders can take to shop online more safely.
Closed-Loop Payments
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...
Payment Systems
Payment systems need laws and regulations to be managed according to set standards. BKM, a reference point for payment systems in Türkiye, lists the relevant laws and regulations on its website.
Credit Card
To pay in installments with a credit card, the card and the POS usually need to belong to the same bank (on-us) or to the same card program. Otherwise, only single payments are possible.
Payment Systems
The Interbank Card Center (BKM) periodically publishes payment systems reports on its website, making it possible to follow the sector's development. The report on mobile contactless and QR code payments is available on the BKM site.