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Payment Systems
Let's talk about payment systems, which we have heard more about since the internet entered our lives, and the basic structures behind them. The first credit card in the world was used in America in the 1920s.
Payment System Institutions
FAST is the money transfer system announced by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye in its press release of 12 November 2020 that makes 24/7 money transfers possible.
Credit Card
When banks launch a new card product, they can do it under an existing BIN or a new one. A new BIN requires much more work: BKM announces it, every bank defines it and every POS has to download it.
Laws & Regulations
It is data published by the BRSA, compiled from information periodically collected through the BRSA Data Transfer System (BVTS) from banks and other institutions under its supervision.
Payment Systems
The configuration area in POS applications holds terminal number, merchant number, IP, port, APN and phone number information needed for POS setup, and can be managed manually or centrally.
Laws & Regulations
The upper limit for FAST transactions, raised to 1,000 TL on 29 January 2021, was increased to 2,000 TL on 4 August 2021, and payment and e-money institutions began applying to join the system.
Merchant & POS
Onboarding refers to all the practices that help a customer learn to use a product or service for the first time. In payment institutions, it covers verifying a customer's information and documents during merchant application.
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.
Security
In online shopping, converting product browsing into a completed sale after a customer visits your site is just as critical. The amount of purchases abandoned due to friction in the online buying process often exceeds successful sales.
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.
Security
The TBB book 'Fraud Detection and Prevention Methods in Banking' analyzes the types of fraud threatening the banking and finance sector and individuals, with examples from the world and Turkey, and offers protection recommendations. This post explains how to access it.
Payment Systems
Below is information on the products found in the Visa and MasterCard systems and their associated product codes, listed under Product ID (cardProductId).