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Payment Systems
mPOS is short for Mobile POS, a digital POS solution that enables payment acceptance via smartphones/tablets without a standard POS terminal. It is formed by combining a card reader with a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet...
Payment Systems
Fintech, short for financial technologies, is a term for companies that bring together finance and technology to provide easy and fast financial services, growing rapidly worldwide.
Merchant & POS
One of the biggest problems for e-commerce companies is attracting customers to their sites, but getting visitors to actually buy is just as hard. This post covers practical ways to reduce cart abandonment, from guest checkout to fast payment options.
E-commerce
BOPIS, short for 'Buy online pickup in-store' and also known as click and collect, means buying online and picking up the order at a store. Learn how it works, who can offer it and which companies in Turkey already do.
Credit Card
The coronavirus has turned the past month into a new way of life. How will these changes affect payment systems? This post reviews the March 2020 data announced by BKM, including the surge in contactless and online card payments.
3D Secure
Isbank (Turkiye Is Bankasi) has completed Europe's first migration to EMV 3D Secure 2.0, the current version of the 3D Secure authentication infrastructure used to verify cardholders in online card purchases. Deputy General Manager...
Payment Institutions & E-Money
How much capital is required to establish a payment institution or e-money institution? Under the second paragraph of Article 14 of Law No. 6493, minimum paid-in capital amounts are set for each institution type.
Credit Card
A credit card is a printed card, or a card number with no physical form, that allows the purchase of goods and services or cash withdrawal without using cash. So how are credit card limits set and managed? Setting a limit involves checking many parameters about the customer.
Merchant & POS
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), founded in 2006 by Amex, Discover, JCB, Mastercard and Visa, has shared its data security and testing standard for accepting contactless payments on smartphones and tablets without extra hardware.
ATM
ISO 4217, also known as the currency code standard, defines the three-letter abbreviations assigned to currencies. The ISO 4217 code list is used extensively in banking and business. In some countries, exchange offices rely on these codes alone.
Merchant & POS
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has capped the commission banks charge merchants on credit card purchases, effective for transactions after November 1, 2019. What does this mean for cardholders and banks?
Credit Card
An installment is when a credit card transaction is split into a fixed number of monthly payments to the bank. For example, splitting a 100 TL purchase into 5 installments means paying the bank 20 TL per month until the full amount is paid off.