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Illustration of an AI-based payment agent making payments automatically on behalf of a user

Payment Systems

What Are AI-Based Payment Agents?

Digitalization keeps changing the speed and shape of payments. AI-based payment agents pay on their own within user-defined limits and rules, completing transactions without the user initiating any action. This post explains how they work and what to watch for.

Illustration of contactless payment transaction limits

Merchant & POS

What Are the Limits Used in Contactless Transactions?

Current information: This article describes the limit as of its publication date. For the current contactless (no-PIN) transaction limit, see the linked article. The introduction of contactless transactions brought new concepts and structures.

POS terminal performing a contactless card payment

Contactless

Can I make a 1,000 TL contactless transaction?

Updated info: this article describes the limit at the time it was published. For the current contactless (PIN-free) transaction limit, see the linked article. A 1,000 TL contactless transaction is technically possible, but banks won't take that risk.

Diagram of chip card file structure showing MF, DF, and EF layers

EMV

What is Dedicated File Name (DFN)?

DFN is the abbreviation for Dedicated File Name. It defines the name of the DF (Dedicated File) as described in ISO/IEC 7816-4. It is the data found in Tag 84, 5 to 16 characters in length.

Contactless payment being made with a chip debit card at a POS terminal

Debit Card

Can a debit card (ATM card) be used for contactless transactions?

A contactless transaction is a fast, secure payment made between a chip card and a POS device without direct contact, without the card's chip or magnetic data being read through the card reader. Can this be done with a debit card (ATM card)?

Chart of the growth in card spending in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022

Merchant & POS

Card Payments Up 85%

According to the third Card Spending Analysis by TOBB and Visa, average monthly card spending in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022 rose 85 percent year on year, driven by e-commerce, debit cards, and contactless payments.

Illustration of mobile commerce: shopping and payments made on a smartphone

E-commerce

What Is Mobile Commerce?

In recent years, data exchange over wireless mobile devices has become much faster and more secure. In 2019, mobile devices were used in 54.5 percent of purchases made by e-commerce users. With the steady growth in mobile users, mobile commerce keeps gaining ground.

Secure Card Reader for PIN with mobile device

Security

What Is a Secure Card Reader for PIN (SCRP)?

A Secure Card Reader for PIN (SCRP) is a multi-function card reader that turns any iOS, Android or Windows device into a payment terminal able to accept chip and contactless payments with PIN.

Diagram showing the PSE (Payment System Environment) directory used for application selection on an EMV chip card

Credit Card

What is PSE (Payment System Environment)?

PSE (Payment System Environment) is a directory on the card named 1PAY.SYS.DDF01 for a contact chip and 2PAY.SYS.DDF01 for a contactless chip. The Candidate List built via PSE is called indirect or implicit Application Selection.