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Diagram illustrating the structure of an Issuer Identification Number (IIN) on a payment card

Credit Card

What is an Issuer Identification Number (IIN)?

Issuer Identification Number (IIN) is the first 6 digits of 16-digit cards and the first 8 digits of 19-digit cards. It is more commonly known as BIN (Bank Identification Number). Learn what the IIN table holds and how to look one up.

Illustration of a smart card chip related to the ISO/IEC 7816 standard

Credit Card

What is ISO/IEC 7816?

ISO/IEC 7816 is an international standard jointly maintained by ISO and IEC, covering contact-based electronic identification cards, especially smart cards. It consists of 15 different parts, each covering a different aspect of smart card technology.

Diagram illustrating a bank's OnUs transaction flow and the process of opening ATMs to other banks' cards

ATM

What needs to be done to open ATMs to the use of all bank cards?

Suppose you are a newly established bank, wanting to offer customers all your products and services. Of course, this is not easy. First, the Bank's OnUs transaction processing step must run successfully before other banks' cards can be accepted at the ATMs.

Diagram showing the structure of an EMV AID value split into RID and PIX sections

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.

Diagram illustrating the types of chargeback disputes in card payments

Chargeback

What are the chargeback dispute types?

A chargeback is a dispute raised against a card transaction when the cardholder did not make it or does not recall it. The dispute types vary depending on the situation; let's look at them.

Illustration representing a vishing voice phishing phone scam

Security

What Is Vishing (Voice Phishing)?

Vishing is a method of deceiving the victim using voice. It replaces the "p" in phishing with the first letter of "voice," meaning "voice deception." It is reinforced by technology in social engineering cases to extract information more easily.

Smartphone being used as a mobile POS device for a card payment

Merchant & POS

Mobile Phones Are Turning Into POS Devices

With advances in technology, mobile phones can now be used for many functions besides calls and internet access. One such innovation is the ability to use smartphones or tablets as POS devices.

Diagram showing the structure of ISO 8583 field F48 (Additional Data)

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F48)

DE 48 - ADDITIONAL DATA: these are additional data fields that can be used specifically for transactions. It is 255 characters long. Field F48 carries many pieces of information and is divided into PDS (Private Data Subelements).

Business owner reviewing the documents required for a POS merchant application

Merchant & POS

Can I get a POS device as an individual customer?

For a POS device to be issued to a customer, the customer must have a legal entity status, such as a sole proprietorship, commercial company, or foundation/association. POS devices cannot legally be issued to individual customers.