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Merchant & POS
The Regulation on the Non-Use of Crypto Assets in Payments, published in the Official Gazette on 16 April and effective from 30 April, looks set to seriously affect cryptocurrency developments in Turkey. Here are its key points and the full text.
Merchant & POS
Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) is a mobile payment technology in which devices such as smartphones emit a signal that mimics the magnetic stripe on a traditional payment card, letting a physical card's POS use be imitated without upgrading terminal software or hardware.
Merchant & POS
One of the biggest problems for e-commerce companies is attracting customers to their sites, but getting visitors to actually buy is just as hard. This post covers practical ways to reduce cart abandonment, from guest checkout to fast payment options.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
VUK 507 is the common name of Tax Procedure Law General Communique Serial No. 507, published in the Official Gazette on 1/6/2019 on the Secure Mobile Payment and Electronic Document Management System. It sets the rules for sales, collection and electronic document applications.
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
Regularly reporting and tracking how many transactions fail at each merchant matters for both the merchant and the acquirer. BKM error codes tell us why POS transactions fail.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
PayPal announced that it is launching payments with QR codes in 28 markets worldwide, including the USA, the UK, France, Hong Kong and Canada. Businesses can use QR codes to accept payments and consumers to shop contactlessly through the PayPal mobile app.
Payment Systems
B2B and B2C are collaboration models used in e-commerce transactions. This post explains what each term means and compares them in terms of customer, purchasing, sales and marketing.
Credit Card
Credit cards and POS are two core products banks offer customers. At first glance, credit cards seem to generate no return beyond interchange fees, card fees, and late fees.
Merchant & POS
Visa's Merchant Data Standards Manual covers classification, identification and data standard requirements for merchants, payment facilitators and marketplaces, including merchant naming, location and MCC rules. Here is what it contains and where to find it.
Security
Before 3D Secure 2.0, let's explain what 3D Secure is. 3D Secure is a two-layer payment authentication system that protects both the cardholder and the merchant in online payments. First released by Visa in 1999, it was later adopted by other card schemes…
Chargeback
Chargeback reason codes vary by card scheme. The Amex chargeback reason codes and their descriptions are listed below: American Express Chargeback Reason Codes A01 The charge you submitted did not receive a valid authorization approval code for the amount...