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Credit card used for a mail order transaction

Credit Card

Which Cards Can I Use for Mail Order Transactions?

Debit cards and prepaid cards are generally closed to mail order transactions. Mail order authorization is held on credit cards. Unless specifically requested at application, a card is issued closed to mail order transactions.

Illustration of a fallback transaction swiping a card's magnetic stripe after a chip read failure

Merchant & POS

What Is a Fallback Transaction?

When a chip can't be read due to a chip fault or the card being inserted incorrectly, the transaction is completed by swiping the magnetic stripe on the right side of the POS. Can chipless cards do fallback?

Illustration of ways merchants can reduce chargebacks on card transactions

Chargeback

How to Reduce Chargebacks (For Merchants)

Chargeback is inherent to card transactions, so it may be impossible to prevent entirely, but taking precautions keeps the risk to a minimum. Here are the key points merchants should pay attention to in order to reduce chargebacks.

MasterCard Identity Check logo and authentication illustration

Security

What is MasterCard Identity Check?

Payment security is very important in payment systems. To increase security, transactions require additional information such as PINs and passwords. Remembering which information to use, and keeping it in mind without forgetting…

Photograph of a POS terminal used for Chip and Pin card payments

Merchant & POS

What is Chip&Pin?

Chip&Pin, introduced in Turkey on March 31, 2006, is a payment method that greatly reduces the risks of card copying and loss or theft fraud. The chip on the card reduces copying risk, while the 4-digit PIN prevents unauthorized use of a lost card.

Pay by link payment on a mobile phone

Online & Authorization

What Is Pay by Link?

Pay by link is an innovative financial solution that completes a payment through a link sent over the internet, making it possible to shop and transfer money through channels like WhatsApp and Instagram.

Card application fraud illustration

Credit Card

What Are the Methods of Card Application Fraud?

A fraudster who has obtained someone's identity card, or produced a copy of it, applies for a card in the customer's name through various channels using that and the other requested documents.

Illustration representing a payment card's transaction history

Credit Card

What Is a Card's First Transaction Date? What Is It Used For?

Banks generally keep a record in the system of a card's "First Transaction Date." This information is automatically populated by the online authorization system. So under what circumstances is it updated? First, an authorization transaction must…

Diagram explaining what an EMV Issuer Script is and how it updates card chip parameters

EMV

What Is an EMV Issuer Script?

An EMV Issuer Script is a system that lets the issuer (the institution that issues the card) update and change the parameters and values on the card chip while it remains in use, reducing fraud over the card's lifetime.

ATM skimming protection device illustration

ATM

What is Skimming Protection Solution (SPS)?

The name given to the solution developed by NCR against card skimming and fraud. With SPS, the ATM network is protected from the cost and risks of skimming attacks, which cause over 2 billion dollars in global losses annually.