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Laws & Regulations
The purpose of the Regulation on Bank Cards and Credit Cards is to set the procedures and principles for issuing and using bank and credit cards and for the activities of institutions in the card payment system.
Payment Systems
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Visa and Mastercard suspended services for sanctioned Russian banks. This post explains the impact on cardholders and merchants, and Russia's MIR and UnionPay alternatives.
Payment Systems
The Interbank Card Center (BKM) periodically publishes payment systems reports on its website, making it possible to follow the sector's development. The report on mobile contactless and QR code payments is available on the BKM site.
Online & Authorization
EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa. In 1994 these companies formed a working group to set chip-card standards, leading to the EMV standards used worldwide today.
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
The floor limit is the value held on the POS that determines the maximum amount for which an offline transaction can be approved. It is managed per terminal and can be updated at any time through the POS parameter management system.
3D Secure
Isbank (Turkiye Is Bankasi) has completed Europe's first migration to EMV 3D Secure 2.0, the current version of the 3D Secure authentication infrastructure used to verify cardholders in online card purchases. Deputy General Manager...
Merchant & POS
When a chip can't be read due to a chip fault or the card being inserted incorrectly, the transaction is completed by swiping the magnetic stripe on the right side of the POS. Can chipless cards do fallback?
Credit Card
About 90% of payment schemes print card numbers with 16 digits. But 90% producing 16-digit cards should not turn into a rule that card numbers are always 16 digits. Web payment forms must also account for the remaining 10%.
Laws & Regulations
The Visa Core Rules and Visa Product and Service Rules documents define the fundamental rules that apply to all institutions in the Visa network. They are updated regularly, and all members are expected to follow the latest version.
Security
It is an organization aimed at developing, managing, teaching, and raising awareness of security standards in the Card Payments Industry. The PCI Security Standards Council is also an open global forum for data security standards.
Credit Card
A prepaid card is a customized chip or chipless card that is not linked to a bank account and has no credit limit like a credit card. You can only spend up to the amount loaded onto the card.