In the world of payment systems, there are new developments every day in both accepting payments and payment methods. QR code payments will undoubtedly become more common in our lives in the coming days, and we will make our payments with QR codes in many places.
At this point, standardizing payments made with QR codes is very important. National QR code standards, which many countries work on, aim to make the payment experience easier and faster for users and merchants. In Turkey, national QR code work is carried out under the TR Karekod brand, in coordination between the CBRT and BKM (Interbank Card Center).
The regulation on generating and using TR Karekod in payment services, prepared by the CBRT, was published in the Official Gazette on August 21, and the details of TR Karekod were presented to the public.
In the guideline published by the CBRT at the end of February regarding TR Karekod, the logo determined for TR Karekod and the principles of its use were included.
With this standardization, we can say that the use of both dynamic and static QR codes will increase in many areas in our country, and that payments with QR codes will become an alternative payment method to contact and contactless payments.
In fact, we can say that after TR Karekod is integrated with FAST, QR code payments will gain even greater momentum and will be used at every point of our lives.
We will see the TR Karekod logo more often at points of use such as merchants, e-commerce sites, ATMs and POS terminals that can process transactions with TR Karekod, and at the points where this logo appears, we will be able to complete transactions with QR codes without problems.
You can access the guideline published by the CBRT at the link below:
