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Merchant & POS
AUC (Application Usage Control) specifies restrictions that limit an application by geography or by specific transaction types. It is a 2-byte data element in Tag 9F07. If present, the terminal performs checks such as whether the transaction is at an ATM.
Fraud
Fraud management is used to detect possible fraud on customer accounts and provides additional security for transactions when necessary, making it one of the top priorities for banks.
Payment System Institutions
UnionPay Online Payments (UPOP) lets merchants in China, New Zealand, Australia and other countries extend their e-commerce stores to accept UnionPay payments. UnionPay supports over 5 billion cards in more than 140 countries.
ATM
CDM is short for Cash Deposit Machine. It refers to ATMs that allow you to deposit money directly into your account using a card. You can use CDM ATMs to carry out transactions on your account without visiting a branch.
Debit Card
The use of prepaid cards, and the number of prepaid cards issued by e-money institutions, has risen sharply. This post looks at why, how to choose a card, and which fees prepaid cards charge.
ATM
The name given to the solution developed by NCR against card skimming and fraud. With SPS, the ATM network is protected from the cost and risks of skimming attacks, which cause over 2 billion dollars in global losses annually.
Credit Card
ATM skimming is a high-tech crime in which illegal devices are used to electronically steal or copy cardholders' personal financial information from a card's magnetic stripe.
Security
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.
Merchant & POS
Chip&Pin, introduced in Turkey on March 31, 2006, is a payment method that greatly reduces the risks of card copying and loss or theft fraud. The chip on the card reduces copying risk, while the 4-digit PIN prevents unauthorized use of a lost card.
Fraud
With the growth of credit and debit card usage and rising e-commerce transaction volumes, there has been a serious increase in exploiting user negligence to harm customers. Fraud means using someone else's card at a merchant or ATM to gain unjust profit.
ATM
RKL is the process of distributing a TMK (Terminal Master Key) to each terminal from a central point. It is used to remotely load keys onto POS and ATM devices, loading TMKs onto an ATM's keypad or activating them on a POS.
ISO 8583
F43 - CARD ACCEPTOR NAME AND LOCATION: the field that holds the name and location of the merchant/ATM where a card transaction took place. It is 40 characters long and alphanumeric.