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Logos of various international payment card schemes

Credit Card

What Are National and International Payment Schemes?

In the world of payment systems, just as credit cards are an indispensable product, a payment scheme is indispensable for credit cards. When a credit card product is launched, the scheme it will be issued under is decided first.

Diagram illustrating the Greedy Algorithm used for ATM cash withdrawals

ATM

What is the Greedy Algorithm?

In payment systems, the Greedy Algorithm is used to give the customer the minimum number of banknotes when withdrawing cash from an ATM. The algorithm used varies from bank to bank, since ATM cash capacity and transaction volume differ. For example...

Illustration depicting digital POS payment terminals

Merchant & POS

What is Digital POS?

The digital form of Point of Sale (POS) systems is called Digital POS. There is also a software-only subtype called Virtual POS. After Mobile POS (mPOS) and Virtual POS usage became widespread, the term digital POS came to refer to these two products.

Physical credit card compared with a virtual card on a mobile phone

Credit Card

Physical or Virtual Credit Card: Which Do You Prefer?

Digitalization is reshaping payment systems. Credit cards are moving from physical plastic to virtual cards, e-wallets and mobile payments. Will physical card use disappear completely? Here is a look at the trends, Generation Z and the remaining gaps.

Diagram illustrating how a recycling ATM reuses deposited banknotes for withdrawals

ATM

What Is a Recycling ATM?

The word literally means recycled or circulating. In payment systems, it refers to physically dispensing money deposited at ATMs to customers who want to withdraw cash, adding deposits straight into the withdrawal pool.

Illustration explaining how post-purchase installment conversion works for credit card payments

Credit Card

What Is Post-Purchase Installment Conversion?

Post-purchase installment conversion lets credit card purchases and cash withdrawals be split into installments afterward for a fee. See the rules and limits banks apply.

Diagram showing different types of POS terminals used for card payments

Merchant & POS

What Is a POS (Point of Sale)?

Virtual or electronic authorization devices connected to a bank, used by merchants to accept card payments. The term comes from the English phrase Point of Sale. Covers POS types by communication method, their advantages, who can use one, and the transactions a POS can perform.

Apple Card installment payment feature illustration

Payment Systems

Is Apple Card preparing for installment payments?

Global technology companies' interest in payment systems keeps growing every day. According to reports, Apple has begun planning work on infrastructure to accept installment payments with Apple Card, letting users pay in monthly installments.

Contactless card payment at a POS terminal after the limit increase to 250 TL

Merchant & POS

Contactless transaction limit raised to 250 TL

Current information: this article describes the limit in force at the time of publication. To reduce the risk of the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading, the contactless transaction limit on credit and debit cards was raised to 250 lira.