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Application fraud and transaction fraud controls

Fraud

What Are the Types of Fraud Controls?

Fraud controls fall into two main types: application fraud controls, which check card and merchant applications, and transaction fraud controls, which monitor card and POS transactions.

Diagram illustrating how bank fraud detection systems analyze transactions

Fraud

How Do Fraud Applications Work?

Fraud management is used to detect possible fraud on customer accounts and provides additional security for transactions when necessary, making it one of the top priorities for banks.

Card application fraud illustration

Credit Card

What Are the Methods of Card Application Fraud?

A fraudster who has obtained someone's identity card, or produced a copy of it, applies for a card in the customer's name through various channels using that and the other requested documents.

Illustration representing the products and services KKB offers directly to its member institutions

Credit Card

What Products and Services Does KKB Offer Directly to Members?

KKB was established, under banking law, to enable the exchange of all kinds of information and documents among at least five banks, and it also shares credit information about customers. The Credit Bureau of Turkey also serves deposit banks, participation banks, financial institutions, and more.

Table of Visa and Mastercard fraud codes and descriptions

Security

What Are the Visa and Mastercard Fraud Codes?

Fraud means obtaining unjust gain by carrying out a transaction at a merchant or ATM using someone else's credit card or debit card, causing a loss to the real cardholder, the merchant, or the bank. So what fraud codes do Visa and Mastercard use?

Illustration representing the Card Protection Plan (CPP)

Security

What is CPP (Card Protection Plan)?

Credit cards are one of the most important payment instruments in daily life. As technology advances and mobile payments and ATMs handle nearly all transactions, credit card fraud is also diversifying and increasing.

Illustration representing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) under PSD2

Payment Systems

What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)?

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is a security requirement introduced under the EU's Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) to increase security and reduce fraud in online payment transactions. SCA requires two of three independent authentication factors.

Illustration representing credit and debit card fraud

Credit Card

Credit Card/Debit Card Fraud

Credit card fraud is generally committed using the card itself, using card details without the card, via excess or duplicate withdrawals, or by seizing identity information. ATM card trapping is common, since ATMs hold the card during the transaction.

Illustration representing real-time and near real-time fraud monitoring in payment systems

Fraud

What is Online (Real Time) and Near Online (Near Real Time) Fraud?

Fraud monitoring refers to tracking card transactions through scenarios to detect potential fraud and taking rapid action immediately before or after a transaction occurs - such as identifying a suspicious transaction, calling the customer, or temporarily blocking the card to prevent authorization.

Illustration representing a Man in the Browser (MitB) cyberattack on online banking

Security

What is a Man in the Browser Attack (MitB)?

In the Man in the Browser fraud method, the goal is not to steal the user's password but to place malware in the browser itself. A malicious browser extension can alter the amount and recipient of the user's transfers at will.

Diagram showing the four pillars of HCE cloud-based security infrastructure

HCE

What is the HCE Cloud-Based Security Infrastructure Like?

The HCE cloud-based security infrastructure consists of four main pillars: Tokenization, Risk Management, Session Keys, and User/Device Authentication. Tokenization indicates the type of token generation, and there are three different tokenization methods.

BKM TRIP platform login screen for bank fraud and chargeback communication

Chargeback

What is TRIP (Turkey's Communication Platform)?

TRIP (Turkey's Communication Platform) is a central platform developed by BKM to fight fraud, bringing together Case Filing, Issuer and Acquirer Chargeback operations (Pre-Arbitration, Pre-Compliance, Arbitration, Compliance), and ATM deposit/payment dispute operations.