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Credit Card

How Can I Check My Credit Card Debt?

In the past, banking transactions could only be carried out at branches, but with the advance of technology, customers can now complete their transactions through many channels without visiting a branch. Checking credit card debt is one of these.

Diagram of a smartphone using Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) to emit a signal that mimics a card's magnetic stripe at a POS terminal

Merchant & POS

What is MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission)?

Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) is a mobile payment technology in which devices such as smartphones emit a signal that mimics the magnetic stripe on a traditional payment card, letting a physical card's POS use be imitated without upgrading terminal software or hardware.

Customer paying credit card debt through a mobile banking app

Credit Card

How do I pay my credit card debt?

In the past, banking could only be done at branches, but with technology, customers can now check and pay credit card debt through ATMs, branches, internet banking, mobile banking, and the PTT post office.

Illustration representing the Card Protection Plan (CPP)

Security

What is CPP (Card Protection Plan)?

Credit cards are one of the most important payment instruments in daily life. As technology advances and mobile payments and ATMs handle nearly all transactions, credit card fraud is also diversifying and increasing.

Screenshot of a mobile phone showing a digital payment screen, illustrating digitalization and payment systems

Merchant & POS

A look at April 23 through the lens of digitalization and payment systems

Today is April 23, the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Grand National Assembly. Taking Children's Day as a starting point, this post looks at digitalization, Generation Z, blockchain, biometric payments and the cashless society from a payment systems perspective.

Conceptual illustration of a brain-computer interface chip connected to a human brain

Payment Systems

What Could Neuralink Change in Payment Systems?

Elon Musk was set to unveil Neuralink, a brain-computer interface. What is Neuralink, and how might payment systems change if payments, cards, ATMs and POS devices move from phones to a chip in the brain?

Illustration of digital transformation in payment systems

Merchant & POS

How Digital Are You in Payment Systems?

Digitalization has brought major change to payment systems, just as it has to every area of our lives. Its biggest impact has been turning the financial world into something virtual, spanning IoT, mobile payments, blockchain and biometrics.

Courier handing a package to a customer for cash-on-delivery payment

Merchant & POS

What Is Cash on Delivery?

Cash on delivery means paying for an online order at the moment of delivery, usually in cash, though some e-commerce sites also accept card payment at the door. It boosts sales and builds trust, but carries risks like missing POS terminals and refused deliveries.

Illustration showing how an Application Identifier (AID) is used in a chip card transaction

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What is an Application Identifier (AID)?

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.

Diagram illustrating the PSD (Payment Services Directive) regulatory framework

Merchant & POS

What is PSD (Payment Services Directive)?

PSD stands for Payment Services Directive, known as the Payment Services Law. It took effect in EU countries in 2009, and in 2015 new revisions were announced as PSD1, aiming to build an efficient, fast, secure, and competitive payment market.