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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
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.
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.
ISO 8583
F41 - CARD ACCEPTOR TERMINAL IDENTIFICATION: the terminal where a transaction took place. An 8-character alphanumeric value generated by the acquirer bank and assigned to the POS, managed as a unique terminal number at the acquirer.
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
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
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
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.
Credit Card
While reviewing your credit card statement, you suddenly notice a transaction you never made. What would you think? Is your card going shopping while you sleep? Let's look at how this can happen and what to do about it.
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
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Visa and Mastercard suspended services for sanctioned Russian banks. This post explains the impact on cardholders and merchants, and Russia's MIR and UnionPay alternatives.
Credit Card
At first glance, a credit card seems like a product offered for cardholders' use and benefit, but it also provides significant benefits to merchants, from faster cash flow to collection security and new customers.