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Merchant & POS
Whether a card is required for a pre-authorization transaction depends on the type of POS used. On a physical POS, the card must be swiped or inserted to start the transaction. On a virtual POS, entering the card details manually is enough.
Credit Card
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.
Online & Authorization
A contactless transaction is a fast, secure payment made without direct contact between the card and the POS terminal (without reading the chip or magnetic stripe). Can every card be used for contactless payments? For a transaction to be contactless…
Contactless
A contactless transaction is a fast and secure payment made between a credit card and a POS terminal without direct contact, without reading the card's chip or magnetic stripe. Both the card and POS terminal must support contactless transactions.
Merchant & POS
Virtual or electronic authorization devices connected to a bank, used by merchants to accept card payments. The term comes from the English phrase Point of Sale. Covers POS types by communication method, their advantages, who can use one, and the transactions a POS can perform.
Payment Systems
TCR stands for Transaction Record Component, the packets that carry transaction information in a clearing system. Transaction types in a clearing file are distinguished by transaction code and usage code values, and this data is sent inside TCR packets.
Payment Systems
PCI Point of Interaction (POI) was introduced to minimize risk in card transactions. PCI POI Security Requirements cover physical and logical security for both online and offline PIN entry devices (PED) and secure card readers.
Merchant & POS
Mail order is carried out by conveying credit card details to the merchant by phone or mail. A manual sale occurs when, due to a physical problem during checkout, the card details are entered into the POS device by hand instead.
Fraud
Fraud controls fall into two main types: application fraud controls, which check card and merchant applications, and transaction fraud controls, which monitor card and POS transactions.
Merchant & POS
BKM has changed the domestic transaction flows for contactless transactions above and below the CVM limit. For above-limit transactions, the issuer can now ask the cardholder to re-enter the PIN instead of terminating the transaction after an incorrect PIN (DE39 = 55).
Payment Systems
The Draft Retrieval Not Required Before Chargeback codes defined for Visa and Mastercard are listed below, so you can see which disputes can go straight to chargeback.
EMV
The Application Unblock command removes the block placed on an application by the Application Block command, making the application usable again. Like Application Block, it is a command sequence managed after the card is presented to the terminal.