The place of business that accepts the credit card is called the “Merchant.” In order to be able to accept credit cards Men's Nike Vapormax Collegiate Navy UK , the Merchant must open a “Merchant Account” with a “Merchant Bank” which is also known as a “Sponsoring Bank” or an “Acquiring Bank.”
This is the bank that receives the “Net Settlement Amount” from the Issuing Bank after the transaction is processed. The Net Settlement Amount is the amount of the actual sale minus transaction fees called the “Discount Rate.” In some instances merchants may also have to pay “Pass-through Fees” which are additional transaction fees that are charged when a transaction does not meet some particular requirement such as passing the Address Verification System (AVS) test.
Online Credit Card Processing Steps
1. A transaction begins when the magnetic stripe on the back of the credit card is passed through a credit card terminal, or the credit card account number is entered into the system manually by either the merchant or the cardholder. This enters the transaction information into the Processor’s network.
2. An “Authorization Request” is generated.
3. The Processor links up with the VisaMasterCard network in order to transmit the Authorization Request to the Issuing Bank’s computer network.
4. The Issuing Bank verifies that a valid credit card number has been received and that the Cardholder has enough money available (“Open to Buy”) to fund the transaction.
5. A “hold” for that amount is placed against the Cardholder’s Open To Buy thereby reducing the amount of his or her Open To Buy for future transactions.
6. Once the approval is received a “Deposit Transaction” is transmitted which finalizes the transaction. The merchant then releases the items purchased by the Cardholder.
7. The Net Settlement Amount is deposited to the Merchant’s account usually by the end of the same business day.
When Online Credit Card Processing Go Wrong
There are times, however, when the process hits a snag and human beings have to get involved. Although it is 100% computerized Women's Nike Air VaporMax Plus Pink White UK , the VisaMasterCard network is programmed with many “triggers” that will route the transaction to a human being for closer scrutiny when one of those triggers are pulled.
The most common triggers are:
Unusual spending patterns that do not match the Cardholder’s normal purchases. Purchases of products or services that are considered to be in a “high fraud” category. Purchases made outside of the country where the cardholder lives. In fact, some Card Issuers require their Cardholder’s to notify them when they will be traveling outside of their home country.
What’s really amazing is not that the entire processing cycle is flawlessly repeated millions of times per hour, but that it all happens in just seconds!
Credit Card Processing Expert Kate Roberts a Retail Credit Card Processing expert and writes for credit card processing and Payment Processing Services.
UEFA President Michel Platini addresses a news conference after a UEFA meeting in Zurich, Switzerland Men's Nike Air VaporMax Plus Triple White UK , in this May 28, 2015 file photo.[PhotoAgencies]
PARIS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Michel Platini, president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Air VaporMax Plus Men's Nike All University Red UK , has officially announced running for the presidency of world soccer's governing body FIFA, reported the UEFA website.
In a letter sent to the presidents and general secretaries of the 209 member associations of world football's governing body, the French football legendary player said: "This was a very personal, carefully considered decision Nike Air VaporMax Plus Men's Army Green UK , one in which I weighed up the future of football alongside my own future."
"I was also guided by the esteem, support and encouragement that many of you have shown me," said the 60-year-old, who has been the UEFA president since 2007 and a member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 2002.
As reported earlier, Argentine football legend Diego Maradona also has confirmed that he will vie for this position.
"There are times in life when you have to take your destiny into your own hands," said Platini in Wednesday's statement. "I am at one of those decisive moments, at a juncture in my life and in events that are shaping the future of FIFA."
"During this last half-century or so Men's Nike Air Max Plus 97 Racer Pink UK , FIFA has only had two presidents. This extreme stability is something of a paradox in a world that has experienced radical upheavals and in a sport that has undergone considerable economic change.
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Platini, who's long been expected to seek the top office of soccer once Blatter had departed Nike Air Force 1 UK , chose not to stand against the Swiss in the ballot earlier this year.
Following the arrest of several FIFA officials and soccer marketing executives before the FIFA Congress in Zurich in May, however, he led calls for Blatter to resign rather than seeking a fifth term.
The UEFA President said that in recent months, he had defended his ideas and proposals "to give FIFA back the dignity and the position it deserves."
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