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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
Payment and e-money institutions' commissions were first subject to VAT, until Expenditure Taxes General Communiqué No. 91 settled the matter. Here is how bill payment intermediation is taxed under Article 10.
Payment Systems
All electronic money institutions are authorized to issue electronic money under Law No. 6493. The payment services each one is licensed to offer are listed in the table published by the CBRT.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Bill payment intermediation is a payment service under Law No. 6493. Only the CBRT and payment service providers, namely banks, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and PTT, can offer it.
E-commerce
Expenditure Taxes General Communiqué No. 91 ended the VAT versus BSMV debate for payment and e-money institutions. Under Article 7, e-money institutions pay BSMV on the commissions they collect.
Merchant & POS
When payment and e-money institutions were first set up, their commissions were subject to VAT, but BSMV was also debated. General Communiqué on Expenditure Taxes (Serial No: 91) settled the issue; here is how the tax base is determined.
Merchant & POS
Payment and e-money institutions' commissions were first subject to VAT, but since their work resembles banking, BSMV was debated. Expenditure Taxes General Communiqué No. 91 settled the question.
Payment Systems
Open banking opens financial data, under the regulations and with the customer's explicit consent, to third-party service providers through standard APIs. The CBRT has published a guide on payment initiation and account information services, covering licensing and technical certification.
Laws & Regulations
The articles of the Regulation on the Accessibility of Banking Services are listed below. Published in the Official Gazette on 18 June 2016 (issue 29746), banks must strictly comply with them. PART ONE Purpose...
Laws & Regulations
The Regulation on Generating and Using TR QR Code in Payment Services and its attached TR QR Code Principles and Rules document were published in the Official Gazette No. 31220 dated August 21, 2020, to ensure interoperability in QR code payments.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
A company that collects online payments through its own virtual POS and pays merchants on agreed dates is providing a payment service, and it needs a license from the Board unless an exemption applies.
Laws & Regulations
Law No. 7192 amends certain articles of Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions. Announced on 22 November 2019, it entered into force on 01.01.2020.