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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.
Security
The Visa PIN Security Program Guide describes the security and procedural requirements for acquirers and their agents that process PIN data or manage keys for PINs associated with Visa transactions.
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.
Merchant & POS
Onboarding refers to all the practices that help a customer learn to use a product or service for the first time. In payment institutions, it covers verifying a customer's information and documents during merchant application.
Merchant & POS
Recurring billing is the automatic collection of payments at set intervals and amounts by storing the customer's card details on a secure, PCI DSS-certified infrastructure.
Laws & Regulations
Digitalization is changing how banks onboard customers. This post covers digital identity, verification methods, what the Turkish ID card offers, and Article 43 of the Regulation on Information Systems of Banks and Electronic Banking Services on remote identity verification and open banking.
Payment Systems
The Smart Payment Association (SPA) is the trade association of the smart payments industry. It provides leadership and expert guidance to help members and customers realize smart, secure and personalized payment systems and services, now and in the future.
Merchant & POS
Card storage is a system, secured with PCI DSS certification, for storing credit and debit card details safely. It saves consumers from entering their card details again and again on frequent purchases.
Credit Card
ISO/IEC 10373 specifies the technology-independent test methods needed to check that identification cards conform to the base requirements defined in ISO/IEC 7810 and related standards.
Merchant & POS
PIN Transaction Security (PTS) verifies that card data and PIN information are used for a payment transaction. It is a set of modular evaluation requirements managed by the PCI Security Standards Council for PIN-accepting terminals.
Online & Authorization
A payment gateway is the high-security connection banks provide for purchases made with a credit or debit card. Learn how it is set up and why it protects cardholder data.
Credit Card
To issue a card, the necessary certifications must be obtained from brands such as MasterCard, Visa, Troy, and Discover, and the card must be made available for cardholder use. Banks aim to increase customer loyalty by running points programs and similar campaigns.