BKM Payment Gateway is the general name for platforms that enable government institutions to accept card payments, with BKM acting as an intermediary.
What can be done with the BKM Payment Gateway?
Through SGK Payments and the e-Government Gateway, title deed fee collections for the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre can now be made with all banking cards for the first time.
So are there any steps a bank needs to take for its cards to be accepted in these kinds of transactions?
For a bank to enable its cards to be used through the BKM Payment Gateway, it must first notify BKM of the purpose for which it wants to accept payments. BKM then shares the relevant information and documents, and the necessary certification processes must be carried out.
So is work only needed on the card side?
Of course not. If the bank also wants to accept SGK payments through its own POS terminals, separate work needs to be done for that as well.
The BKM Payment Gateway transactions are listed below:
SGK
A new era has begun in SGK premium payments, where payments can now be made online with banking cards. Cardholders can pay their SGK premium debts quickly, securely, and easily online, 24/7.
With the payment platform launched in cooperation between the Interbank Card Center (BKM) and the Social Security Institution (SGK), the debit card era has now begun alongside credit cards for SGK premium payments.
The project, for which BKM built the payment infrastructure and ensured integration with SGK, was established as a structure open to participation by all banks. The 16 banks that have an SGK premium collection agreement were able to easily connect to this platform provided by BKM through a single integration, giving their own cards the ability to pay SGK premiums online. Banks can also offer their own brand advantages to customers who pay their SGK premiums by card.
As of November 2013, anyone who checks their debt on the SGK website www.sgk.gov.tr can, if they wish, continue the process and pay off their debt with the debit and credit cards of the 16 banks. Premium accrual and debt settlement operations continue to be carried out by SGK, while operations related to the use of banking cards continue to be carried out by the banks.
E-Government Gateway
- General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre
With the infrastructure prepared by BKM and Turksat, title deed fee collections for the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre can now be made through the e-Government Gateway with all banking cards for the first time.
