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Virtual POS (VPOS) online payment interface screenshot

Merchant & POS

What is VPOS (Virtual POS)?

VPOS (Virtual POS) is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, used for purchases made over the internet. It is also known as Virtual POS. VPOS is not issued to individual customers.

Virtual POS payment system diagram for online card transactions

Merchant & POS

What Is Virtual POS?

Virtual POS is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, designed for online shopping. It is not issued to individual customers, only to sole proprietorships, companies, or foundations and associations.

Virtual POS online card payment illustration

Merchant & POS

What Are the Benefits of a Virtual POS for Merchants?

A virtual POS is a payment platform that enables online payments by credit or debit card. Banks also give merchants interfaces for mail order, pre-authorization, cancellations and refunds.

Diagram of an alternative payment system routing online card payments through multiple bank virtual POS accounts

E-commerce

What Are Alternative Payment Systems?

Alternative payment systems are services from intermediary companies that use virtual POS accounts in the background to benefit merchants. Law No. 6493 calls them payment institutions. This article compares them with bank virtual POS accounts.

Merchant choosing between a bank POS and a virtual POS service

Merchant & POS

Is it mandatory to work with a bank to get a POS terminal?

The answer depends on the type of POS terminal. A physical POS (GPRS, Dial-Up, IP, or cash-register POS) requires working with a bank. A virtual POS can also be obtained from a payment institution without a separate bank agreement.

Illustration depicting digital POS payment terminals

Merchant & POS

What is Digital POS?

The digital form of Point of Sale (POS) systems is called Digital POS. There is also a software-only subtype called Virtual POS. After Mobile POS (mPOS) and Virtual POS usage became widespread, the term digital POS came to refer to these two products.

Check-out button on an online payment screen

Security

What is Check Out?

In online shopping, converting product browsing into a completed sale after a customer visits your site is just as critical. The amount of purchases abandoned due to friction in the online buying process often exceeds successful sales.

Illustration representing electronic payment systems

Payment Systems

What are Payment Systems?

Let's talk about payment systems, which we have heard more about since the internet entered our lives, and the basic structures behind them. The first credit card in the world was used in America in the 1920s.

Credit card and smartphone illustrating online card payments without physically presenting the card

Credit Card

Do I have to use my physical card when shopping?

In the early years of credit cards, using the card physically was mandatory. With the internet and new technologies, we can now pay with only the card details, 3D Secure and contactless NFC payments, even without the card in hand.