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Illustration explaining what a non-secure e-commerce card transaction is

Payment Systems

What is a Non-Secure transaction?

A non-secure transaction is an e-commerce transaction approved without any verification before authorization, such as SMS OTP. In short, authorization is obtained by verifying only the card number, expiration date, and CVV2.

ATM machine targeted by jackpotting attacks

ATM

ATM Hacking Attacks Are on the Rise!

ATMs hold large amounts of cash, which keeps them in fraudsters' sights. Diebold Nixdorf and NCR report that jackpotting attacks have reached the United States. Here is what happened and what precautions can improve ATM security.

Table of Visa and Mastercard fraud codes and descriptions

Security

What Are the Visa and Mastercard Fraud Codes?

Fraud means obtaining unjust gain by carrying out a transaction at a merchant or ATM using someone else's credit card or debit card, causing a loss to the real cardholder, the merchant, or the bank. So what fraud codes do Visa and Mastercard use?

Illustration representing an online mail order payment made with a debit card

Debit Card

Can Mail Order transactions be done with debit cards?

Debit cards and prepaid cards are generally closed to Mail Order transactions. The same usually applies to Non-3D (non-3D Secure) online transactions, which banks keep disabled by default to limit fraud risk.

News clipping about the arrest of hacker Hakan Karacaoglu

Fraud

Famous Hacker Caught After 8 Years

Recently the following news story appeared in the papers. Two things stood out: the hacker was a former banker, and the device he used to clone cards. In banking fraud, insiders who know the system's weak points can build schemes customers never notice.

FAST instant payment system advantages illustration

FAST

What Are the Advantages of the FAST System?

The FAST system will bring significant convenience and speed to payments and money transfers. Here are its advantages for citizens and businesses, from Easy Address transfers to risk-based limits.

ATM machine vulnerable to hacking and fraud

ATM

Can ATMs Be Hacked?

ATMs are among the channels banks use most to serve customers. Besides being one of the most important channels, because they physically dispense cash and give access to a customer's account, many fraud cases occur at ATMs.

Shopper at an online checkout seeing a failed payment message because of an insufficient funds check

Online & Authorization

Why Do Your Payments Fail? How Funds Confirmation APIs Solve It

You press the pay button and the screen says the transaction failed. Behind that failure are checks on your balance and transaction security. This post explains how funds confirmation APIs work, where they apply, and the situation in Turkey's open banking.

Diagram comparing the refund and chargeback processes

Merchant & POS

Is There a Difference Between Refund and Chargeback?

Let's first look at chargeback and refund: a chargeback returns the amount paid to a credit card when goods or services are not received, or when transactions not made by the cardholder are detected.