Search
215 articles found
ATM
Banks must provide the infrastructure for ATM access by customers with orthopedic disabilities. Not every ATM has to comply: at least two out of every 100 ATMs a bank operates must be suitable. This post explains the details of the regulation article.
Credit Card
From the invite-only American Express Centurion Card to the diamond-studded Dubai First Royal MasterCard, discover the world's most exclusive credit cards.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Open banking means sharing customers' financial information with a third-party fintech company so that a range of banking and financial services can be offered to them. It works through API integrations. This post covers its status in Turkey and the new BRSA regulation.
Credit Card
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a technical and operational standard created by the PCI Committee, formed by internationally recognized payment brands, to ensure data security in card payment systems.
Closed-Loop Payments
Is Alipay a payment system, or a digital economy? In the previous post we discussed how Starbucks shows that payment systems can evolve into a different structure. At first the goal was to make payment easier for the customer. As the system grew, loyalty programs...
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.
Payment Systems
The BRSA has published a draft amendment to the regulation on remote identification methods used by banks and electronic contract relationships. It extends remote onboarding to legal entities, including MERSIS-based verification of representatives.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
The “Review Report on Financial Technologies in Payment Services”, prepared after a study launched on 9 November 2020 to assess Türkiye's payments fintech ecosystem and its effects on competition, has been published.
ATM
Banks must provide the infrastructure for ATM access by visually impaired customers. Among ATMs side by side or less than 50 meters apart, only one needs to comply; all other ATMs must serve visually impaired customers. Details of Article 7 are below.
Merchant & POS
PSD stands for Payment Services Directive, known as the Payment Services Law. It took effect in EU countries in 2009, and in 2015 new revisions were announced as PSD1, aiming to build an efficient, fast, secure, and competitive payment market.
Credit Card
BKM Online is the web-based electronic system that enables communication and information sharing between BKM and its members, including documents, reports, services and work calendars, according to user permissions.
Payment Systems
Official Gazette No. 32332 dated 07.10.2023 published the amending Regulation and Communiqué covering digital wallets, e-money, share transfers, cloud outsourcing, remote identity verification and card system choice.