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Security
The first transaction made after a customer's card data is stored with a merchant is called the First Credential-On-File transaction. BKM expects it to be flagged with the value "C" in switch message field DE48.PDS86, and BRSA draft rules govern how card data may be stored.
Merchant & POS
After a merchant applies to a bank and the required checks on the company are completed, a POS is connected to the customer. Settlement can be commission-based, held for a period, or both, depending on the agreement.
Payment Systems
A Lost POS is a situation in which a POS device provided to a merchant by a bank or institution cannot be retrieved for any reason. Since POS devices are recorded as fixed assets, tracking them closely is essential.
Credit Card
You may have noticed that the same transaction amount earns different reward points when paid with a credit card. Have you ever wondered why? The points a card earns are managed within the card bank's authorization system.
Laws & Regulations
The purpose of Law No. 5464 on Bank Cards and Credit Cards is to ensure the card payment system works effectively by regulating the issuance and use of bank and credit cards and the related clearing and netting processes.
Merchant & POS
A Credit Voucher (Refund Document) is a document issued by the merchant for the refund or cancellation of a good or service that a cardholder purchased using a credit card, or to correct an overcharge made by mistake.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
A company that collects online payments through its own virtual POS and pays merchants on agreed dates is providing a payment service, and it needs a license from the Board unless an exemption applies.
Laws & Regulations
A card scheme organization establishes a debit, credit or prepaid card system and authorizes entities to issue cards or sign merchant agreements. Troy, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and MIR are examples. This post explains how ATM and POS certification works.
Laws & Regulations
Law No. 6493, published in Official Gazette No. 28690 on 27 June 2013, regulates the procedures and principles for payment and securities settlement systems, payment services, payment institutions and e-money institutions.
Merchant & POS
Today, as credit cards shift from physical to virtual use, a similar move has come from the POS side. We have begun to see mobile phones used as POS devices becoming a serious rival to physical POS terminals.
Laws & Regulations
The purpose of the Regulation on Bank Cards and Credit Cards is to set the procedures and principles for issuing and using bank and credit cards and for the activities of institutions in the card payment system.
Merchant & POS
Loyalty points are promotional rewards banks give customers for credit card transactions, tracked on a card/customer basis. Banks charge merchants a commission on POS transactions, and some share part of that commission with cardholders as points.