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ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F44)

DE 44 - ADDITIONAL RESPONSE DATA is used to provide other supplementary data that may be needed in authorization, as a response to the authorization message. The Card Authentication Results Code is sent in position 9, and the CAVV Result Code is sent in position 15.

Diagram comparing the 3D, 3D Pay, and 3D Pay Hosting payment models

Payment Systems

What are the 3D Secure Payment Models?

In card payment transactions made via a physical POS device, entering the card's PIN keeps the transaction secure, while in virtual POS transactions, security is provided through the 3D Secure flow. Are 3D Secure payment methods standardized? There are 3 different 3D Secure models.

Diagram illustrating the ISO 8583 F55 field structure for ICC system related data

ISO 8583

ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F55)

F55 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD (ICC) SYSTEM RELATED DATA: the field where EMV data is written on chip cards. It consists of components such as Position, Private Data Subelements, PDS Tag, PDS Length, and PDS Value...

Illustration of a 3D Secure payment verification screen

Merchant & POS

What is a 3D Secure transaction?

In e-commerce transactions, the system developed to increase transaction security for payments made with credit and debit cards is called 3D Secure. When paying with 3D Secure, a special payment screen provided by the banks appears on the user's screen.

Diagram showing the pre-authorization closing process flow on a POS terminal

Merchant & POS

What Is Pre-Authorization Closing?

Pre-authorization closing turns a pre-authorized transaction into a financial one, posting it to the merchant and cardholder accounts. See how amounts and available limit are affected.

Illustration representing an installment mail order card transaction

Merchant & POS

Is an installment Mail Order transaction possible?

A reader asked whether installment mail order transactions are still possible, and whether a card limit equal only to the installment amount is enough. This article shares the answer.

Diagram showing the structure of an ISO 8583 message

ISO 8583

What Fields Make Up ISO 8583?

We covered the ISO 8583 basics in an earlier article. This post explains the ISO 8583 message structure in detail: every ISO 8583 message consists of three main parts - the MTI (Message Type Indicator), the Bitmap, and the Data Elements.

POS terminal used for processing card payments at a merchant

Merchant & POS

How Does a POS Device Communicate with the POS Bank?

A POS is a functional device with its own dedicated software, customized to the authorization system of the bank it is connected to, that accepts credit or debit cards. The POS and the authorization system communicate using the ISO 8583 standard.

POS terminal used for a card payment transaction

Merchant & POS

What Is a Timeout in Payment Systems?

In the world of payment systems, both the issuer (the cardholder's bank) and the acquirer (the POS/ATM bank) must follow certain rules for card transactions made through a POS terminal or an ATM. Responding to transactions within a certain time is one of these rules.

Table listing Turkish bank names alongside their EFT codes

Online & Authorization

What are Bank EFT Codes?

Below are the EFT codes of banks located within Turkey, which are used both during the payment systems authorization stage (Field 32) and in banking transactions.