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How a PIN Works on Credit Cards and Debit Cards

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As a merchant, understanding how a PIN (Personal Identification Number) works with credit and debit card transactions is essential for running a secure and efficient payment process. This guide explains how a PIN functions in credit and debit card payments and its importance for merchants. What is a PIN?

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Deep Dive: Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud

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Fraudsters have grown adept at finding debit cards’ weak points, and merchants are struggling to keep up. Cybercriminals have more opportunities than ever to swipe debit card numbers and PINs from online consumers, and false websites, large-scale data breaches and skimming tools can compromise account information.

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Hacked ATMs Lead to 70% Rise in Debit Card Fraud

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The rest took place at bank ATMs or point-of-sale (POS) devices, such as card payment machines at retailers. The average duration of a compromise continued to fall — on average, an ATM or POS device would be compromised for 11 days, compared to 14 days in 2015. Follow me on Twitter @fraudbird.

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What Is the Role of Merchant Acquirers in Credit Card Processing?

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When navigating the realm of credit card processing, it’s crucial to distinguish between merchant acquirers (acquiring banks), card issuers, and payment processors, as each plays a distinct role in the card transaction ecosystem. Card issuers are banks or financial institutions that issue credit cards to consumers.

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Driving Corporate Card Innovation With Collaborations, Card Issuing Platforms

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The corporate card can have a home in the digital wallet thanks to collaborations and technology platforms designed for card issuers. Nium’s end-to-end issuing, processing and onboarding services allow Aspire customers to have another choice for completing their payments via Google Pay on card terminals that accept Visa.

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What is a Payment Gateway and How Does It Work?

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These may include credit cards, debit cards, eChecks, and digital wallets (like Google Pay, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay, PayPal, Venmo, etc.). Meanwhile, as we’ve already discussed, a payment gateway is the technology that actually transmits all the information, and basically is a digital version of a point-of-sales (POS) terminal.

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How Loyalty Programs Work with Payment Processors

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These programs can be connected directly to credit cards, debit cards, mobile wallets, and even cryptocurrency payments. These are particularly effective for credit card companies. Every time a card is swiped or a digital wallet is used, the processor records the transaction and updates the loyalty program database.