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The number of companies offering cloud computing and storage has grown sharply in recent years. AWS, founded in 2006, is the world's largest cloud computing and storage provider, ahead of Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and IBM.
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.
Merchant & POS
BKM TechPOS is an infrastructure through which card acquirers and POS/cash register manufacturers can interoperate via BKM, letting all participating banks provide card acceptance services on a single device.
Merchant & POS
There are many players in the POS and OKC (Payment Recording Device) market in Turkey. Some of these companies are foreign, while others are domestic. Let's get to know these companies: Ingenico, Verifone, Interpay (PAX), and more.
Merchant & POS
UnionPay International (UPI) is a China UnionPay subsidiary founded in November 2012. Together with more than 1,000 institutions worldwide, UPI provides international card acceptance in 160 countries and card issuance in more than 40 countries and regions.
Fraud
In payment systems, fraud means using someone else's credit or debit card to carry out a transaction at a merchant or ATM, gaining unfair profit and causing loss to the real cardholder, the merchant, or the bank. Fraudsters…
Payment Systems
The BRSA has introduced a regulation to reduce paper use in POS devices. Cardholders who do not want a paper receipt for card purchases will be able to receive and store it digitally, with the rules taking effect in September and December 2023.
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.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Under Law No. 6493, payment institutions and e-money institutions may operate only with BRSA permission. This post explains the BRSA circular on the format of the independent audit report required with operating permit applications under Article 8 of the Regulation, and where to find it.
Fraud
Chargeback is the process of refunding a credit card payment when the goods or services that should have been received were not, or when transactions not made by the cardholder are identified. In Turkish it is translated as reversal of presentment.
Laws & Regulations
In Türkiye, collecting payments requires a payment institution license and issuing e-money requires an e-money institution license. Article 28 of Law No. 6493 sets prison terms and fines for operating without one.
ATM
ATM devices were originally designed for customers to withdraw cash from their accounts. But since many transactions are now possible through ATMs (for example, deposits), many improvements have been made for more effective ATM use. One of the most important examples is Recycle ATMs.