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Credit Card
A prepaid card may look like a debit card since it has no predetermined limit and purchases are limited to the amount loaded by the cardholder, but in terms of use and operating logic it differs significantly from both credit and debit cards.
Payment Systems
PA DSS (Payment Application Data Security Standard) is a global security standard created by the PCI SSC. Even if you do not need to comply with it, PA DSS remains a valuable guide for auditing and building secure payment applications.
Credit Card
While the use of physical cards and POS terminals is gradually declining, positive developments continue, such as the world's first wooden card, TreeCard, backed by the search engine Ecosia and aimed at reforesting the world.
Merchant & POS
Response codes returned on payment transactions are critical for managing next steps. Curious which error codes trigger card capture? Under ISO 8583, codes 04, 07, 33, 34, 36, 38, 41 and 43 all result in the card being captured.
Merchant & POS
Cardholders may request a refund through the merchant for POS transactions due to wrong deliveries, returned goods and similar reasons. Here is the information a refund receipt must contain, including extra fields for e-commerce.
Security
SCRW (Smart Card Reader Writer) can be translated as Smart Card Reader/Writer. Smart chip card readers are sophisticated devices with built-in intelligence, usable in PCs, laptops, servers, smartphones, and set-top boxes.
Credit Card
You start a transaction at an ATM and your card is returned, even though you think nothing is wrong. Here are the response codes usually used in these cases.
Clearing
DE03/Reimbursement Attribute carries the Reimbursement Value of a transaction. BKM uses this information as the basis for calculating interchange fees and charges between member banks.
Security
A Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) is approved by the PCI Security Standards Council to audit merchants for PCI DSS compliance. The lists of QSA and ASV companies are published on the Council's website.
Security
A Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) is a person approved by the PCI Security Standards Council to audit merchants for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Payment Systems
The BRSA has published a draft regulation amending the Regulation on Debit Cards and Credit Cards. It introduces the card scheme definition, a customer right to choose the card scheme, and an obligation for acquirers to define licensed schemes on merchant POS devices.
Online & Authorization
EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa. In 1994 these companies formed a working group to set chip-card standards, leading to the EMV standards used worldwide today.