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Merchant & POS
The batch number is kept on the POS, incremented by 1 at each end of day, used to transfer transactions to the merchant account and for reconciliation. It's tracked on both the POS and the bank's system.
Merchant & POS
A POS batch close triggers reconciliation between the transactions under that batch number and the bank's records, and starts the transfer to the merchant's account.
Merchant & POS
When a transaction is made through a POS, it is recorded both on the POS itself and in the acquiring bank's authorization system. At batch close, the POS sends all its transactions to the bank, which reconciles them against its own records.
Payment Systems
In POS applications and on the merchant side, we use the term Batch in a similar way to end of day. Every transaction made via POS is held under a batch number reported to the HOST at end of day.
Merchant & POS
The batch number is kept on the POS, incremented by 1 at each end of day, used to transfer transactions to the merchant account and for reconciliation. It's tracked on both the POS and the bank's system.
Payment Systems
When POS and HOST transactions don't match at end-of-day, the end-of-day falls into batch upload. This article covers how the POS sends transactions via the 320 message, how HOST responds with 330, and how to monitor and resolve recurring batch upload failures.
Merchant & POS
If your POS can't start a new transaction, it's likely stuck trying to send a reversal for an earlier transaction. Here are two fixes: one recommended, one risky.
Merchant & POS
Merchants can run the end-of-day process by triggering it from the POS device or app for transactions made there. Banks can also run it centrally on merchants' behalf. The end-of-day process sends the POS's transaction totals to the bank's host system.
Merchant & POS
It doesn't happen often, but it can occur. This usually happens when the batch (end of day) process isn't run every day and is instead triggered from the bank's system, causing POS transactions to be posted to the merchant account twice.
Merchant & POS
Transactions made via POS are kept under a number called the batch number, which increases automatically and arithmetically. This number increases after each end-of-day (batch close) process.
Merchant & POS
Unattended POS is a type of POS that is not managed by merchant staff and is triggered by the customer in self-service services. Its use has increased further with the rise of mobile payments.
Merchant & POS
Many transactions are carried out with cards on a POS terminal. Sometimes a transaction must be reversed, and cancellation (void) is one such transaction. A Sale can only be cancelled on the POS before the batch (end of day) is closed; otherwise a refund is needed.