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ATM management and monitoring software

ATM

What Are ATM Management Support Software Tools?

ATMs hold significant amounts of cash, are among banks' most important customer service points and are prone to faults, so they must be monitored from installation onward and acted on quickly.

Exterior of the Takasbank headquarters building

Payment Systems

What is Takasbank?

Takasbank (Istanbul Settlement and Custody Bank) exists to increase the competitiveness of Turkey's markets by providing clearing and custody services, financial services, and other economic activities under the relevant legislation.

Illustration of an ATM cash dispenser showing the retract and reject cash compartments

ATM

What Is Retract?

Retract is a term used in ATM systems. When cash already presented to the customer is not taken, it is diverted into a compartment called retract, as opposed to the reject compartment used for unusable banknotes.

Overview of the advantages of a business credit card

Credit Card

What Is a Business Card?

A business credit card is a credit card offered by banks to businesses so they can make company expenditures and track and manage those expenses.

Illustration representing bank credit card limit management

Credit Card

How is limit management done in banks?

In transactions carried out through banks, a certain limit is set due to the rules and requirements of institutions such as the BRSA (BDDK) and MASAK, as well as the measures banks take to reduce risk, and transactions above this limit are not approved. In the world of payment systems…

Chart of the effects of credit card usage on inflation

Credit Card

Does Credit Card Usage Increase Inflation?

The effect of credit cards on inflation has been debated for years. Because I am asked about it so often, I ran a poll on arifunal.com to gather readers' views. This post weighs the positive and negative effects and compares the poll with the research findings.

Chart showing the global decline in the number of ATMs

ATM

The number of ATMs is declining worldwide

ATMs, which let us meet our cash needs, pay card debt, make transfers, and even withdraw or deposit cash via QR code without a card, have started losing popularity after all these years.

Illustration of the internal cash tower unit inside an ATM

Payment Systems

What is a tower?

In payment systems, the tower is the section inside an ATM where cash is physically stored. It contains cassettes holding different banknote denominations, a mix cassette for mismatched notes, and various security mechanisms protecting the cash.

Table of Reimbursement Attribute values used in the clearing process

Clearing

What is Reimbursement Attribute?

DE03/Reimbursement Attribute carries the Reimbursement Value of a transaction. BKM uses this information as the basis for calculating interchange fees and charges between member banks.

Diagram of a twin tower ATM with separate recycler and dispenser units

ATM

What Is a Twin Tower ATM?

A twin tower ATM, also called a dual tower ATM, has both a recycler unit for depositing and withdrawing cash and a dispenser unit for withdrawals only, cutting cash replenishment needs at busy locations.

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.