
Payment Systems
What Are the Payment Systems in Türkiye?
When we hear “payment systems”, card transactions at POS terminals or ATMs usually come to mind. Let's look together at the payment systems recognized by the Central Bank.
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Payment Systems
When we hear “payment systems”, card transactions at POS terminals or ATMs usually come to mind. Let's look together at the payment systems recognized by the Central Bank.

Payment Institutions & E-Money
Payment and electronic money institutions have achieved a lot recently in market share and the momentum they have brought to the industry. Here is where to find a list of payment facilitators worldwide.

Payment Systems
Global technology companies' interest in payment systems keeps growing every day. According to reports, Apple has begun planning work on infrastructure to accept installment payments with Apple Card, letting users pay in monthly installments.

Credit Card
American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard have started working together on an infrastructure that lets leading US e-commerce sites accept one-click payments, so shoppers no longer need to type in all their card details.

Merchant & POS
Financial institutions, cash register (OKC) manufacturers, and private integrators run this Ministry-authorized system under Communique No. 507 on the Tax Procedure Law, enabling mobile sales with electronic financial documents.

Credit Card
The credit card minimum payment amount lets customers who cannot pay their full debt keep using their cards. In June 2019 the BRSA set the minimum payment at 30 percent for all limits, and kept 40 percent for cards issued within the past year.

Credit Card
When I think back to the Akbil I used when I first arrived in Istanbul, I think it's fair to say that Istanbulkart has undergone a very significant transformation. Users can now track activity, top up and view balances right from their phones.

Credit Card
Banks increase the variety of their products and services to serve customers better. When introducing new products, they usually issue them under a new BIN. So are there valid rules for obtaining a new BIN (Bank Identification Number)?

HCE
We can list the differences between the NFC Secure Element and HCE payment methods as follows: Secure Element requires a mobile operator and stores card data on a hardware chip, while HCE needs no operator and relies on cloud-based tokenization.

Payment Systems
With the CBRT's regulation on payment services, electronic money issuance and payment service providers, the minimum equity amounts for bill payment, payment and electronic money institutions were raised.

Merchant & POS
According to the third Card Spending Analysis by TOBB and Visa, average monthly card spending in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022 rose 85 percent year on year, driven by e-commerce, debit cards, and contactless payments.

Security
Forgery in card payments means transactions made with card details without the cardholder's knowledge, or purchases with counterfeit or stolen cards. Merchants cannot eliminate fraud and chargeback risk, but they should aim to reduce it to reasonable levels.