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Payment systems expert and technology executive
Arif Ünal is a technology executive with more than 20 years of experience in banking, fintech and payment systems. He writes about card payments (issuing and acquiring), POS, ATM, e-money, FAST and Turkish payments regulation (BRSA and CBRT). He has held senior roles at Finagotech and managed payment systems and digital banking teams at Emlak Katılım, Vakıf Katılım and Türkiye Finans. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul University and an M.Sc. in Management Information Systems from Marmara University.
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Payment Institutions & E-Money
The first Payment Services Directive (PSD1) was adopted in 2007 to provide the legal basis for a single EU payments market. PSD2, Directive 2015/2366, replaced it to make payments safer, more integrated and more competitive.
Payment Systems
Visa announced a rebrand and a new logo that partly drops the wordmark. Here is why the payments giant made the change, what the new logo looks like and where it will first be shown.
Payment Systems
The Interbank Card Center (BKM) shared its data for the first 6 months of 2021: card payments totaled TRY 709 billion, online card payments reached TRY 188 billion, and the number of contactless payments tripled year on year.
Laws & Regulations
The upper limit for FAST transactions, raised to 1,000 TL on 29 January 2021, was increased to 2,000 TL on 4 August 2021, and payment and e-money institutions began applying to join the system.
Credit Card
The BRSA has restricted the number of installments on credit card transactions depending on the sector, aiming to keep household spending from exceeding income. This post covers the new installment limits for furniture, white goods, TVs, gold, vehicle loans and the higher risk weights.
ATM
The first device that can truly be called an ATM was produced by De La Rue for Barclays Bank and put into service in Enfield, London, on 27 June 1967. The ATM came to Türkiye in 1982.
Online & Authorization
A contactless transaction is a fast, secure payment made without direct contact between the card and the POS terminal (without reading the chip or magnetic stripe). Can every card be used for contactless payments? For a transaction to be contactless…
Laws & Regulations
The Regulation amending the Regulation on Program of Compliance with Obligations of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism has been published. It introduces financial group compliance rules, a deputy compliance officer and wider scope.
Fraud
Yes. Cardholders have the right to dispute transactions made with their cards without their knowledge. Here is how the process, known as a chargeback, works.
Payment Systems
The purpose of these rules is to set out the operating rules, participation requirements, and pricing principles of the QR Code Routing System (KYS) established and operated by BKM, as well as other procedures related to KYS's operation.
Chargeback
TRIP (Turkey's Communication Platform) is a central platform developed by BKM to fight fraud, bringing together Case Filing, Issuer and Acquirer Chargeback operations (Pre-Arbitration, Pre-Compliance, Arbitration, Compliance), and ATM deposit/payment dispute operations.
Chargeback
A chargeback is the refund of an amount paid by credit card to the cardholder's card when the purchased goods or services were not received, or when a transaction was not actually carried out by the cardholder.