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Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are becoming part of everyday life and are expected to compete seriously with card payments. This glossary explains the key crypto terms, from address, altcoin and arbitrage to halving, mining, proof of stake and stop-loss.
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 Institutions & E-Money
A platform lets about 5,000 members top up online accounts by card, pay other members and cash out. Because the member base keeps growing and has no defined limits, it does not qualify as a limited network.
Merchant & POS
This can occur at companies selling products from different sectors. For example, you enter a shopping mall and buy a refrigerator for 3000 TL, a dishwasher for 2000 TL, and an iron for 1000 TL, each under a different installment campaign.
Merchant & POS
In the past, collecting a payment meant physically swiping a card through a POS device. Payment methods have since diversified so much that customer satisfaction, transaction counts and volumes have all increased. Here is why SMS payment is gaining popularity.
Payment Systems
TCR stands for Transaction Record Component, the packets that carry transaction information in a clearing system. Transaction types in a clearing file are distinguished by transaction code and usage code values, and this data is sent inside TCR packets.
Merchant & POS
MIV stands for Central Merchant Database. The MIV Module collects information on merchants across Turkey and the TRNC that have card acceptance agreements with BKM members, and assigns each merchant a unique number for tracking purposes.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
On 7 October 2023, the CBRT amended the Communiqué on Information Systems of Payment and E-Money Institutions and Data Sharing Services of Payment Service Providers, first published on 1 December 2021. Links to the new text, a comparison table and a detailed summary of changes follow.
Laws & Regulations
A payment institution is a legal entity that provides payment services for electronic payments through the infrastructure it offers. This article covers the Turkish regulatory framework, licensing, safeguarding, supervision, penalties and taxation.