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BIC stands for Bank Identifier Code. It is the universal bank identification code used for automated processing in banking and related financial environments, identifying banks as specified by the ISO 9362 standard.
Credit Card
What is BKM Express? BKM Express is a technical infrastructure solution developed by BKM that lets you pay securely for online purchases without sharing your card's full details. What are the advantages of BKM Express? To register your card you don't need to enter all…
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.
Agentic Commerce
The next customer on the internet may not be human. If AI agents become part of purchasing decisions, the rules of e-commerce, marketing, and payment systems could change.
HCE
Generating a token from the card number is essential to the security of payments made with mobile devices. The level of tokenization used depends on the need and on how critical the token is. Static tokenization: the token is generated once and stored in a database.
HCE
An international standard that defines proximity cards used in Near Field Communication (NFC) and the protocols used to communicate with them. It has 4 parts; Part 4 covers NFC and HCE operations.
Payment Systems
An official BRSA letter to banks announced an update to the PIN-free contactless payment limit. From January 15, 2026, contactless payments of up to 2,500 TL can be made without entering a PIN, up from the current 1,500 TL.
Credit Card
KKB was established, under banking law, to enable the exchange of all kinds of information and documents among at least five banks, and it also shares credit information about customers. The Credit Bureau of Turkey also serves deposit banks, participation banks, financial institutions, and more.
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.
Closed-Loop Payments
Why does a coffee chain build its own loyalty program, and why does a payment app keep adding services? This post looks at how loyalty, data, and new services drive the growth of closed-loop payment systems, and at the financial layers behind that growth.
Payment Systems
The biggest benefit of contactless payment is completing small transactions quickly. You can pay purchases under 350 TL without a PIN, while purchases above 350 TL require your card PIN.
Credit Card
Yes. A certificate must be generated for every new BIN and loaded onto the card chip, establishing secure communication between the chip and the terminal. This is especially critical for verification in offline transactions.