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Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are becoming part of everyday life and are expected to compete seriously with card payments. This glossary explains the key crypto terms, from address, altcoin and arbitrage to halving, mining, proof of stake and stop-loss.
Payment Systems
The BRSA has published a draft regulation amending the Regulation on Debit Cards and Credit Cards. It introduces the card scheme definition, a customer right to choose the card scheme, and an obligation for acquirers to define licensed schemes on merchant POS devices.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
The Law defines e-money as monetary value issued in exchange for funds accepted by the issuer, stored electronically, used for payment transactions and accepted as a payment instrument by persons other than the issuer. This post explains e-money institutions and the services they may provide.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
A payment institution is a legal entity authorized under the Law to provide and execute payment services. It must be a joint stock company meeting the conditions in Article 14 of Law No. 6493. This post sets out the services listed in Article 12 and the exclusions.
Credit Card
CVV is a very critical 3-digit value used during a card's authorization process. The CVV value is encoded in the card's magnetic stripe data (Track 1 and Track 2). Is it generated by an algorithm or chosen at random?
Security
It is an organization aimed at developing, managing, teaching, and raising awareness of security standards in the Card Payments Industry. The PCI Security Standards Council is also an open global forum for data security standards.
Security
Access Security Control (ACS) is the security protocol that the card-issuing bank must maintain under the 3-D Secure protocol to support cardholder authentication. 3-D Secure is an XML-based protocol that adds an extra security layer to online card payments.
Cryptocurrency
Mining is the production of cryptocurrency through hardware and software, as well as the recording and confirmation of cryptocurrency transfers. Because block difficulty rises with each new unit, mining requires very powerful processors.
Credit Card
A credit card is one of the most important payment tools in our lives, which is why keeping it secure is extremely important. So how do we secure a credit card? The most important security measure is the card PIN.
Fraud
Data leakage is the intentional or accidental exposure of sensitive data through any channel where it is stored, processed or transmitted. This post covers its three main causes and the DLP solutions used to prevent it.
HCE
When we talk about HCE methodology, many interacting architectural components come to mind. The core terms describing this architecture are listed below, starting with GCM/FCM (Google/Firebase Cloud Messaging), a service for sending push notifications.
Credit Card
A prepaid card is a customized card, with or without a chip, not linked to a bank account and without a credit limit like credit cards, letting you spend only the amount loaded onto it.