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Credit Card
An affinity card is a type of credit card issued by a bank that carries the logo of a social organization such as an association, foundation, sports club, or charity (for example, Fenerbahce Bonus). It is similar in structure to a co-branded card.
Credit Card
A co-branded card is a card offered by two or more organizations: one the issuing financial institution, the other a non-financial commercial brand (there may be more than one), such as an airline, hotel, or retail chain.
Merchant & POS
A PIN pad lets cardholders safely enter their PIN during POS transactions and lets contactless cards be tapped to transfer card data to the POS. Here is how it works.
Merchant & POS
Early Hold Release is a solution that allows merchants operating under a holdback arrangement to access their turnover held in the hold account when they need cash, before the holdback period ends. Merchants can work with banks under 3 different terms.
Courier & Delivery
Barcode numbers are essential for the Courier system, since cards are distributed using the barcode number. So does the barcode number have a generation algorithm, or is it just randomly generated? The barcode number does have a generation algorithm.
HSM & Security
HSM, short for Hardware Security Module, is specialized security hardware built to store sensitive cryptographic keys in a physical environment and to perform cryptographic operations in the most secure way.
ISO 8583
F45 (TRACK-1 DAT) carries the Track 1 data of the card in ISO 7813 format, including field separators and start and end sentinels but excluding the LRC character. It is 76 characters long.
ISO 8583
F2 is the Card Number field in ISO 8583, identifying the cardholder and issuing bank. This post covers its structure, the 8-digit BIN update, field format, first-digit scheme identification, and PCI DSS security requirements.
ISO 8583
In ISO messaging standards, country codes sent in fields such as F43, F19, F20, and F21 must follow a specific standard. Below is the country code list and details used for ISO, including 2-character, 3-character, and numeric codes.
Credit Card
BIN stands for Bank Identification Number, the unique code made up of a card's first 6 digits that identifies which bank issued it, under the ISO/IEC 7812 standard.
ISO 8583
F47-ADDITIONAL DATA (NATIONAL) is the field reserved for domestic additional information. In Turkey, it carries the BKM Unique ID in authorization transactions and data specific to KKPT (card-to-card transfer) transactions.
Payment Systems
If users start describing their needs instead of searching for products, one of the internet economy's most fundamental habits could change.