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Diagram showing the three categories of API: internal, partner, and open API

Open Banking

How Many Types of API Are There?

API, used as an abbreviation for Application Programming Interface, is an interface that allows an application's functions to be accessed and used from outside or remotely, letting a server application be reached from different platforms.

UK Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) structure

Open Banking

What Is the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE)?

The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) is a body set up by the UK's CMA to design and implement Open Banking, developing standards for APIs, security and the wider ecosystem together with other stakeholders.

Contactless reader device attached to a POS terminal

Merchant & POS

What Is a Contactless Reader?

These are devices connected to a POS terminal that allow fast payments, up to a certain limit, using contactless credit cards or prepaid cards by tapping them on the contactless reader instead of the POS's card reader. Can every POS have a contactless reader attached?

PIN pad device connected to a POS terminal

Merchant & POS

What Is a PIN Pad Device?

A PIN pad lets cardholders safely enter their PIN during POS transactions and lets contactless cards be tapped to transfer card data to the POS. Here is how it works.

Architecture of 3DS 1.0 compared with 3DS 2.0, showing the issuer, interoperability and acquirer domains

Security

What Is 3D Secure 2.0?

Before 3D Secure 2.0, let's explain what 3D Secure is. 3D Secure is a two-layer payment authentication system that protects both the cardholder and the merchant in online payments. First released by Visa in 1999, it was later adopted by other card schemes…

ATM machine vulnerable to hacking and fraud

ATM

Can ATMs Be Hacked?

ATMs are among the channels banks use most to serve customers. Besides being one of the most important channels, because they physically dispense cash and give access to a customer's account, many fraud cases occur at ATMs.

ATM machine targeted by jackpotting attacks

ATM

ATM Hacking Attacks Are on the Rise!

ATMs hold large amounts of cash, which keeps them in fraudsters' sights. Diebold Nixdorf and NCR report that jackpotting attacks have reached the United States. Here is what happened and what precautions can improve ATM security.

Diagram illustrating the SPoC solution architecture for secure PIN entry on a COTS device

Security

What is Software-based PIN Entry on COTS (SPoC)?

Published by the PCI SSC, Software-based PIN Entry on COTS (SPoC) is a standard that provides a software-based approach for protecting PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Diagram illustrating Terminal PIN Key (TPK) usage in POS and ATM devices

HSM & Security

What is TPK (Terminal PIN Key)?

TPK stands for Terminal PIN Key. It is a data encryption key used to encrypt PINs for transmission between a terminal and the terminal's bank (acquirer) within a local network. Learn how TPK is used in POS and ATM devices.

Diagram illustrating the NextGenPSD2 framework for open banking APIs

Open Banking

What Is NextGenPSD2?

NextGenPSD2 is the set of API standards launched by the Berlin Group in 2017, now involving more than 1,700 banks from 20 countries. This post explains what the framework offers to banks, fintechs and third-party providers under PSD2.