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Merchant & POS
It doesn't happen often, but it can occur. This usually happens when the batch (end of day) process isn't run every day and is instead triggered from the bank's system, causing POS transactions to be posted to the merchant account twice.
Merchant & POS
Merchants can run the end-of-day process by triggering it from the POS device or app for transactions made there. Banks can also run it centrally on merchants' behalf. The end-of-day process sends the POS's transaction totals to the bank's host system.
Merchant & POS
The limit that governs the maximum amount for which an offline transaction can be made on a POS terminal is called the Floor Limit. POS parameter management programs (usually GMS) maintain 3 parameters for floor limit management.
Credit Card
Credit cards and POS are two core products banks offer customers. At first glance, credit cards seem to generate no return beyond interchange fees, card fees, and late fees.
Merchant & POS
With advances in technology, mobile phones can now be used for many functions besides calls and internet access. One such innovation is the ability to use smartphones or tablets as POS devices.
Merchant & POS
Just like a car, a POS device has a brand and a model, for example Ingenico ICT220 or Ingenico ICT250. Each model differs from the others: some have a contactless reader while others may not, and screens, memory and features vary.
Merchant & POS
No slip printed after a POS transaction? Here's how to check whether the transaction actually went through and what steps to take if the receipt never came out.
Merchant & POS
Payment and e-money institutions' commissions were first subject to VAT, but since their work resembles banking, BSMV was debated. Expenditure Taxes General Communiqué No. 91 settled the question.
Merchant & POS
Cashback is a modern POS terminal service that allows cash to be withdrawn from the merchant's till while paying for goods and services. Although cashback is a feature specific to debit cards, you can also withdraw cash from an ATM...
Clearing
The interchange fee applies to transactions where the card-issuing bank and the POS/ATM-owning bank are different (for example, withdrawing cash from Bank Y's ATM using a Bank X card). But is the fee the same for ATM and POS transactions?
Merchant & POS
In daily credit card purchases, the POS produces two receipts: the Customer Copy and the Merchant Copy. The cardholder gets the customer copy; the merchant keeps its own copy by law.
Merchant & POS
Yes, it is mandatory. This requirement was introduced to prevent fraud. To fulfill their obligations regarding identification of foreign customers, banks must make one of several arrangements on receipts, such as bilingual descriptions or an explicit foreign card warning.