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Credit Card
Credit card fraud keeps changing form, but the aim is always to trick the cardholder into giving up card details. Fraudsters posing as delivery couriers now copy cards on modified POS devices. Here is how the scam works and how to protect yourself.
Payment Systems
EAST, the European Association for Secure Transactions, is a non-profit organization working on ATM, terminal and payment security. It was founded in 2004 as the European ATM Security Team.
Credit Card
Payment systems statistics are reported periodically by the Interbank Card Center (BKM), including total card count, total card turnover, and the growth trend of the card world in the period.
ATM
A shared ATM lets a customer of one bank use another bank's ATM for card or credit card transactions. Within customer limits, shared ATMs allow deposits, withdrawals, balance inquiries, and credit card debt inquiry/payment.
Merchant & POS
UnionPay International (UPI) is a China UnionPay subsidiary founded in November 2012. Together with more than 1,000 institutions worldwide, UPI provides international card acceptance in 160 countries and card issuance in more than 40 countries and regions.
Credit Card
DCI (Debit/Credit Indicator) is a flag that shows whether a transaction was made with a credit card or a debit card. With the arrival of prepaid cards, it began to be used as DCPI (Debit/Credit/Prepaid Indicator). Is DCI sent in the authorization message?
ATM
Suppose you are a newly established bank, wanting to offer customers all your products and services. Of course, this is not easy. First, the Bank's OnUs transaction processing step must run successfully before other banks' cards can be accepted at the ATMs.
Clearing
DE03/Reimbursement Attribute carries the Reimbursement Value of a transaction. BKM uses this information as the basis for calculating interchange fees and charges between member banks.
Fraud
Contactless transactions have grown rapidly, but can a payment really be made from your wallet without your knowledge? Here is what the actual risks and safeguards look like.
Clearing
The YTH (Domestic Clearing and Settlement) System handles the clearing and settlement between two banks when a transaction is made at another bank's POS or ATM with a card from a different bank. Participants submit records to the YTH system, and...
Clearing
The Domestic Clearing and Settlement System (YTH) settles and clears transactions between two banks when a card from one bank is used at another bank's POS or ATM. Participants submit records that are cleared daily and multilaterally netted and reconciled.
ATM
Cash overage and cash shortage are terms used in any system that operates with a cash account. A cash overage means more money is physically present than the ledger indicates; a cash shortage means less. In payment systems, these terms are most often used for ATMs.