- Introduction to Payments
- Standard Payment Processing
- Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
- Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
- Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Airline Data Processing
- Japanese Payment Options Processing
- Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
- Delayed Transaction
- Incremental Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with PAN
- No-Show Transactions
- Reauthorization Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
- Resubmission Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
- Installment Payments
- Recurring Payments
- Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
- Unscheduled COF Payments
- Token Management Service Processing
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Payment Networks
Payment networks manage communications between acquiring financial institutions and issuing financial institutions. They also develop industry standards, support their brands, and establish fees for acquiring institutions.
Some payment networks, such as Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay International, are trade
associations that do not issue cards. Issuers are members of these associations, and they
issue cards under license from the association.
Other networks, such as Discover and American Express,
issue their own cards. Before you process cards from these companies,
you must sign agreements with them.