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Virtual POS (VPOS) online payment interface screenshot

Merchant & POS

What is VPOS (Virtual POS)?

VPOS (Virtual POS) is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, used for purchases made over the internet. It is also known as Virtual POS. VPOS is not issued to individual customers.

Dictionary and glossary book representing payment systems terminology

Merchant & POS

Terms that should be in your payment systems glossary

Below are the definitions of the cornerstone terms of payment systems, as established by the Banks Association of Turkey (TBB): debit card, credit card, merchant, cardholder, and more.

Diagram illustrating the stages a credit card goes through from application to delivery

Credit Card

What stages does a credit card go through before reaching the customer?

Credit cards are undoubtedly the most important payment tool for most of us when shopping. So what stages does a credit card or debit card go through before it reaches our pocket? The customer submits a card application request, and the process continues from there.

Illustration representing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) under PSD2

Payment Systems

What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)?

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is a security requirement introduced under the EU's Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) to increase security and reduce fraud in online payment transactions. SCA requires two of three independent authentication factors.

BKM Express digital wallet screen

E-commerce

Will BKM Express Continue to Exist?

BKM Express has pioneered card storage and digital wallets in Turkey. After the Competition Authority's termination decision, a Board decision revoked it, so BKM Express will continue. Here is the latest situation.

Illustration of a money transfer being sent from one payment card to another

Credit Card

What Is a Card-to-Card Money Transfer?

Card-to-Card Money Transfer (CCMT) lets customers send money 24/7 from a credit, debit, or prepaid card to another card via ATM, internet banking, call center, or mobile app.

Cash dispenser unit inside an ATM diagram

ATM

What Is a CD (Cash Dispenser)?

A cash dispenser is a device that lets customers withdraw money. Although the term is sometimes used as another name for an ATM, the dispenser is actually the unit inside the ATM that dispenses the money loaded into its cassettes.

PIN try counter on chip cards

Credit Card

What Is the PIN Try Count?

The PIN Try Count is the maximum number of failed offline PIN verifications that can be made with the card. Banks usually keep both the consecutive wrong PIN count and the maximum wrong PIN count.

Brick and mortar bank branch illustration

Payment Systems

What Is a Brick and Mortar Bank?

“Brick and mortar” refers to a business's physical presence in a building. In banking, it describes the traditional branch-based model of face-to-face contact between bank and customer.

Contactless NFC payment on an iPhone opened to third-party apps by Apple

Payment Systems

Apple opens NFC payments to third-party apps

Under the EU Digital Markets Act, Apple will let third-party developers in the European Economic Area offer NFC contactless payments inside iOS apps without Apple Pay or Apple Wallet, opening the way for banks and payment services to launch their own tap-to-pay solutions.