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Merchant & POS
In Turkey, there are 3 payment schemes we are used to seeing: MasterCard, Visa, and Troy. American Express and Diners Club are also used, though less widely. Russia's Central Bank recently said two Turkish banks are preparing to accept Mir cards.
Merchant & POS
The BRSA announced it would allow 4 credit card installments for crafted gold jewelry, but not for coins or bullion. Since a jeweler sells both, how will the rule actually be enforced?
Security
Social engineering is the art of obtaining information people should normally keep private by exploiting the human factor. In its computer- and technology-based form, the information is obtained through technology.
Fraud
In payment systems, fraud means using someone else's credit or debit card to carry out a transaction at a merchant or ATM, gaining unfair profit and causing loss to the real cardholder, the merchant, or the bank. Fraudsters…
Merchant & POS
Banks check merchants against a termination list before issuing a POS device. Learn the main reasons, such as counterfeit card acceptance, excessive chargebacks, and fraud, that can lead a bank to terminate a merchant agreement.
EMV
The Card Block command is used after card issuance to deactivate all applications within the ICC, including applications that could be selected indirectly. The components of the command are explained below.
EMV
The Application Block command is sent to invalidate the selected application on a card after the card has been issued. Unlike Card Block, it can be reversed.
Merchant & POS
Multicurrency POS refers to POS devices that can process transactions in foreign currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.) in addition to Turkish Lira. Merchants using a MultiCurrency POS can process transactions in different currencies for international cardholders.
Merchant & POS
In order for a bank's POS devices to process transactions with payment scheme cards (Visa, MasterCard, Troy, etc.), they must pass certain test and control steps. Visa and MasterCard have test tools that include test cards and test scenarios for this purpose…
Merchant & POS
In daily credit card purchases, the POS produces two receipts: the Customer Copy and the Merchant Copy. The cardholder gets the customer copy; the merchant keeps its own copy by law.
Credit Card
It is common for logos to include the brand's name. However, many major brands that shape their industries use only their own symbol, without any name. Apple, Nike, and Target are examples of category leaders who rely solely on their logo.
Merchant & POS
On-Us Leakage is a term used in the world of payment systems. On-us means the card-issuing bank and the POS-acquiring bank are the same. So what does on-us leakage mean in this context?