Search
231 articles found
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.
Credit Card
Nearly all of us have at least one credit card in our wallet and use credit cards for almost all of our transactions. A credit card is a good tool for tracking spending, but common mistakes can turn it into a serious problem.
Merchant & POS
An offline transaction is one in which the card and POS terminal approve the transaction based on their own parameters, without contacting their banks. Whether contact or contactless, the device decides whether the transaction is processed offline.
Credit Card
Credit card fraud keeps changing form, but the aim is always to trick the cardholder into giving up card details. Fraudsters posing as delivery couriers now copy cards on modified POS devices. Here is how the scam works and how to protect yourself.
Credit Card
Many people who appear as credit card victims in the news and on social media run into trouble because they think their credit limit is unlimited and forget it must eventually be repaid. A credit card is the best payment instrument, if you know how to use it.
Credit Card
From the invite-only American Express Centurion Card to the diamond-studded Dubai First Royal MasterCard, discover the world's most exclusive credit cards.
Credit Card
The BRSA has decided to raise the contactless card transaction limit to 500 TL, effective 1 February. This post explains the change, how PIN entry works above the limit, and how the limit has evolved since 2019.
Payment Systems
The number of consecutive transactions you can make with your card in a day is set by the bank or institution that issued it. For details, contact the customer service of the bank or institution that issued your contactless card.
Credit Card
A co-branded card is a card offered by two or more organizations: one the issuing financial institution, the other a non-financial commercial brand (there may be more than one), such as an airline, hotel, or retail chain.
ATM
With a protocol signed on 04.04.2018, Türkiye's public banks launched the “Free Shared ATM Use” system, allowing their customers to use each other's ATMs free of charge for many transactions.
EMV
The AID tells the terminal which applications are present on a chip during a POS or ATM transaction. What does the AID do? It lets the terminal determine whether it supports an application on the chip. In Tag 9F06, it is 5-16 digits long.
Payment Systems
Message 200 is generated for transactions initiated from POS applications, and the acquiring bank responds with message 210. Learn how 100/110 messages route approvals via the issuing bank, and common rejection reasons.