Merchant & POS
What Is a Pre-Authorization Transaction?
An operation that allows a credit card's limit to be blocked for a period, due to the nature of the product or service sold. Preferred mainly by companies in travel, tourism, and car rental.
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Merchant & POS
What Is Pre-Authorization Closing?
Pre-authorization closing turns a pre-authorized transaction into a financial one, posting it to the merchant and cardholder accounts. See how amounts and available limit are affected.
Credit Card
Does Credit Card Usage Increase Inflation?
The effect of credit cards on inflation has been debated for years. Because I am asked about it so often, I ran a poll on arifunal.com to gather readers' views. This post weighs the positive and negative effects and compares the poll with the research findings.
Merchant & POS
Domestic Flow Change Made for Above-CVM-Limit Online Contactless Transactions
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).
Merchant & POS
What Is a Fallback Transaction?
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?
Merchant & POS
Is a Transaction Made by Swiping the Magnetic Stripe of a Chip Card Always a Fallback Transaction?
It's important to first distinguish between magnetic-stripe and fallback transactions. A magnetic-stripe transaction skips the chip entirely, which lowers its security level compared to a fallback transaction.
ISO 8583
ISO 8583 Field Descriptions (F22)
F22 - POINT OF SERVICE ENTRY MODE: This field holds how the transaction was performed via the POS/ATM and the PIN entry capability of the POS device. The first 2 digits show how the transaction was performed, and the last digit (shown as x) carries the POS's PIN entry capability. Numeric...
Contactless
What Is a Contactless Transaction?
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.
Credit Card
What should I do if my card's chip isn't reading?
If your card's chip won't read, the chip data is likely corrupted or the POS's chip reader is faulty. This is usually caused by magnetic interaction with another card's chip.
ATM
15 Interesting Facts About ATMs
Although we can now carry out almost all branch transactions at an ATM, for most of us an ATM is still just a machine for depositing and withdrawing cash. Today, without a card, we can use our phones to deposit and withdraw cash via QR code.
Merchant & POS
What Is a PIN Pad Device?
A PIN pad lets cardholders safely enter their PIN during POS transactions and lets contactless cards be tapped to transfer card data to the POS. Here is how it works.
Laws & Regulations
The Regulation on the Accessibility of Banking Services and What It Contains
The articles of the Regulation on the Accessibility of Banking Services are listed below. Published in the Official Gazette on 18 June 2016 (issue 29746), banks must strictly comply with them. PART ONE Purpose...