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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.
Payment Systems
Published in the Official Gazette of 25.11.2022, six days before the Transition Period ended, an amending Regulation and Communiqué extended the transition period for some obligations of payment and e-money institutions from 01.12.2022 to 28.02.2023.
Merchant & POS
The Secure Mobile Payment System is a system permitted by the Ministry, operated under the Revenue Administration (GIB) Communiqué, for sales, payment and collection transactions and the electronic creation, transmission and retention of the related financial documents.
Payment Systems
An amendment was made to the communiqué on the information systems of payment and e-money institutions and data sharing services, setting 31/3/2025 as the deadline for other payment service providers' obligations.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
5 August 2021 was a very important day for Turkish payment systems. The CBRT's amendment to the Communiqué on the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) allows payment institutions and e-money institutions to create IBANs as well. This is...
Payment Systems
The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) had prepared a draft communiqué on the remote identity verification methods banks can use. According to the communiqué published in today's Official Gazette, the practice enters into force on May 1.
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.
Laws & Regulations
BSMV stands for Banking and Insurance Transaction Tax, levied on banking and insurance transactions. This post explains how it applies to payment institutions and e-money institutions under Expense Taxes General Communiqué No. 91, with an example.
Payment Systems
The CBRT reset the minimum equity amounts for payment and e-money institutions: 10 million TL for bill payment institutions, 20 million TL for other payment institutions and 55 million TL for e-money institutions.
Laws & Regulations
With the communiqué published in the Official Gazette today (4 November 2023), electronic money institutions will be able to onboard customers remotely, a sign that they will play a bigger role in our lives while improving customer satisfaction and speed.
Open Banking
No. Under the BRSA communiqué on service model banking, service banks can provide service model banking only to interface developers resident in Türkiye.
Open Banking
Digital banking is talked about more every day, and with the BRSA's support in defining its scope, it is about to enter our lives. A 'digital bank' is a credit institution that provides banking services mainly through electronic channels rather than physical branches.