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Merchant & POS
A virtual POS is a payment platform that enables online payments by credit or debit card. Banks also give merchants interfaces for mail order, pre-authorization, cancellations and refunds.
HSM & Security
Non-face-to-face transactions in which the cardholder authorizes the merchant to store card data, and the merchant uses that stored data to carry out the transaction, are called Credential-on-File (CoF) transactions.
Credit Card
Published by Mastercard on 24 May 2019, the Data Integrity Monitoring Program monitors transactions (authorization, clearing, chip, chargeback, etc.) in the Mastercard system to reduce erroneous transactions and increase transaction success rates.
Merchant & POS
A step-by-step walkthrough of a 100 TL POS sale: end-of-day batch close, clearing through BKM, interchange and merchant commission, and why the merchant gets paid even if the cardholder never pays the card bank.
Credit Card
BKM Online is the web-based electronic system that enables communication and information sharing between BKM and its members, including documents, reports, services and work calendars, according to user permissions.
Merchant & POS
In-house is a term widely used in the world of payment systems. It means that payment systems applications are managed end-to-end within the bank's own systems, both in terms of code and process.
Laws & Regulations
No. Bitcoin is not issued by any public or private institution and has no guaranteed backing, so it is not considered electronic money under Law No. 6493 and cannot be supervised under that Law.
Payment Systems
Digital Account Checking underpins many innovative banking and FinTech services. In most cases, it is performed by Account Information Service Providers, which supply data from customers' online bank accounts to other banks and third-party providers.
HSM & Security
A Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is an environment where executed code and accessed data are isolated and protected in terms of confidentiality (no one has access to the data) and integrity (no one can alter the code or its behavior). We may not realize it, but many…
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Under Law No. 6493, payment institutions and e-money institutions may operate only with BRSA permission. This post explains the BRSA circular on the format of the independent audit report required with operating permit applications under Article 8 of the Regulation, and where to find it.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
According to ÖDED, its members are institutions that have applied for or received a license as a payment institution and/or electronic money institution under Law No. 6493. The member list by field of activity is on its website.
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.