Merchant & POS
2018 Payment Systems Scorecard
BKM (Interbank Card Center) shared 2018 developments in card payments and the cashless society goal in Turkey. The data shows card payments becoming a bigger part of daily life every year.
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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.
Open Banking
What Is Embedded Finance?
Embedded Finance means integrating financial products and services into non-financial platforms, experiences or business processes. In other words, services offered by financial institutions become part of the product or service flows of non-financial organizations.
Merchant & POS
What Is UnionPay?
UnionPay International (UPI) is a China UnionPay subsidiary founded in November 2012. Together with more than 1,000 institutions worldwide, UPI provides international card acceptance in 160 countries and card issuance in more than 40 countries and regions.
Merchant & POS
Samsung Pay Will Accept New Applications
Samsung Pay decided to add new services: users in India will soon be able to apply for financial products such as loans and credit cards through Samsung Pay, in partnership with Paisabazaar.
Payment Systems
What Is Agentic Commerce Protocol? How Does It Work?
Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) is a next-generation protocol that lets AI agents integrate directly into commercial processes such as payments, orders, refunds and subscriptions. This post explains how it works and what it offers businesses.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Digital Banking Is Coming
Digitalization is showing itself first in banking and payment systems. The BRSA has announced it will begin issuing digital (branchless) bank licenses, opening the way for new digital banks in Turkey under an amendment to Banking Law No. 5411.
Credit Card
Can a Card Have CVV Printed on Both Sides?
Yes. American Express cards have a 4-digit CVV on the front and a 3-digit CVV on the back, like other cards. Here's how payment forms should handle both formats and why logging the security code is never allowed.
HSM & Security
What is a transaction performed with stored card data (Credential-on-File)?
Non-face-to-face transactions in which the cardholder authorizes the merchant to store card data, and the merchant uses that stored data to carry out the transaction, are called Credential-on-File (CoF) transactions.
Credit Card
Tell me your BIN number and I'll tell you your card's family tree
BIN is short for Bank Identification Number: a unique, bank-specific number created under ISO/IEC 7812 standards that shows which bank a card belongs to. It is the first 6 digits of a card.
Credit Card
What is an Issuer Identification Number (IIN)?
Issuer Identification Number (IIN) is the first 6 digits of 16-digit cards and the first 8 digits of 19-digit cards. It is more commonly known as BIN (Bank Identification Number). Learn what the IIN table holds and how to look one up.
Merchant & POS
How Important Is the Checkout Page in Payments?
The checkout page is where an online purchase is completed, and cart abandonment is highest there. This post lists design tips: support all cards, limit transition pages, show security cues, allow guest checkout and remove distractions.