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Quasi-Cash Service

Owned by Catherine Boundjia (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Oct 05, 2021
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Introduction

Quasi Cash is a card service which allows the cardholder to obtain items which are representative of actual cash and directly convertible to cash. Examples include gaming chips, travellers cheques.

IMPORTANT:

  • Up to version 3.2 of nexo FAST, Configured Services is identified by tag 'DF13' and consists of 2 bytes. For more information, please see Nexo Specification Update Bulletin No. 16 Quasi Cash Edition 2.

  • Quasi Cash is not allowed for contactless transactions.

  • All Quasi Cash transactions shall be authorized online.

  • From Arkos version 2.3.X, the new Configured Services identified by tag 'DF67' with 4 bytes shall be used.

 

How to configure Quasi Cash acceptance in Atheos?

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1

Update the Configured Services Extended ‘DF67’ in Terminal Data (E1).

Note: Remove any reference to the Configured Services ‘DF13’.

# TAG_CONFIGURED_SERVICES_EXTENDED df 67 00 04 e0 02 00 00

Meaning: Payment, Refund, Cancellation and Quasi Cash services are configured.

2

Update the Supported Services in Application Profile table (E2).

# TAG_SUPPORTED_SERVICES df 03 00 04 e0 02 00 00

Meaning: Payment, Refund, Cancellation and Quasi Cash services are configured.

3

Update the Supported Services in Application Profile Selection Table Non chip (E8).

# TAG_SUPPORTED_SERVICES df 03 00 04 e0 02 00 00

Meaning: Payment, Refund, Cancellation and Quasi Cash services are configured.

4

Update the Quasi Cash Minimum and Maximum Amount in Application Profiles (E6).

Meaning:

  • Quasi Cash Minimum Amount: 1

  • Quasi Cash Maximum Amount: 100

5

Update the APSC in Application Profiles (E6).

Meaning:

  • B1b8 : Cancellation of Payment allowed

  • B1b7 : Cancellation of Refund Allowed

  • B1b2 : Cancellation of Quasi Cash Allowed

  • B2b7 : Cancellation of Captured transactions allowed

6

Update the Supported Services in Combinations List & Parameters (EC).

Meaning: Payment, Refund, Cancellation and Quasi Cash services are configured.

7

Create the Quasi Cash service in Service Settings Table (E4).

The Service Identifier shall be set to ‘15’.

8

Add the Quasi Cash service to the POI Profile and perform a deployment (see Service Settings Table (E4))