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Security
Payment security is very important in payment systems. To increase security, transactions require additional information such as PINs and passwords. Remembering which information to use, and keeping it in mind without forgetting…
Payment Systems
Regularly reporting and tracking how many transactions fail at each merchant matters for both the merchant and the acquirer. BKM error codes tell us why POS transactions fail.
ATM
Cash trapping is a type of ATM fraud in which criminals install a device on the ATM or interfere with its operation to trap dispensed cash, making it difficult to detect until the fraudster returns to retrieve the trapped money.
ATM
The shutter can be described as the gate mechanism that prevents financial loss during ATM cash deposit and withdrawal transactions by controlling customer access to cash and preventing tampering with the ATM system.
Fraud
A man-in-the-middle attack is a method in which an attacker inserts themselves between the server and client to intercept users' information, steal passwords, and gain access to accounts on a local network. This fraud mostly occurs over public internet connections.
Security
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…
Fraud
Data leakage is the intentional or accidental exposure of sensitive data through any channel where it is stored, processed or transmitted. This post covers its three main causes and the DLP solutions used to prevent it.
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are becoming part of everyday life and are expected to compete seriously with card payments. This glossary explains the key crypto terms, from address, altcoin and arbitrage to halving, mining, proof of stake and stop-loss.