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EU Payment Services Directive 2 PSD2

Merchant & POS

What Is the EU Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2)?

The EU Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) is the EU's payment services law. ÖDED translated it into Turkish, creating an important handbook for anyone wanting to invest or work in this area.

Payment services defined under Law No. 6493

Laws & Regulations

What Is a Payment Service?

A payment service means the services offered under Article 12(1) of Law No. 6493. Essentially, it is delivering funds received from a sender to a recipient.

Illustration representing payment services data sharing

Payment Institutions & E-Money

What are Payment Services Data Sharing Services (OHVPS)?

Payment Services Data Sharing Services refers to the data sharing services used in the payment services set out in subparagraphs (f) or (g) of the first paragraph of Article 12 of Law No. 6493.

Diagram of an e-money institution and the services it can provide under Law No. 6493

Payment Institutions & E-Money

What Is an E-Money Institution? Which Services Can It Provide Under Law No. 6493?

The Law defines e-money as monetary value issued in exchange for funds accepted by the issuer, stored electronically, used for payment transactions and accepted as a payment instrument by persons other than the issuer. This post explains e-money institutions and the services they may provide.

Illustration representing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) under PSD2

Payment Systems

What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)?

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is a security requirement introduced under the EU's Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) to increase security and reduce fraud in online payment transactions. SCA requires two of three independent authentication factors.

Illustration representing an AI agent making a payment

Agentic Commerce

Agentic Commerce Series – Part 4

Are We Ready to Give an AI Agent the Authority to Make Payments? Having long looked at complaint and dispute processes in payment systems, I think granting an agent payment authority is far different from research or product selection.

Conceptual illustration of competing players vying for power in agentic commerce

General

Agentic Commerce Series – Part 6

Who will win in Agentic Commerce? Owning the customer used to be a huge advantage. Once an agent starts deciding on the customer's behalf, where does the real power move to?

Shopper at an online checkout seeing a failed payment message because of an insufficient funds check

Online & Authorization

Why Do Your Payments Fail? How Funds Confirmation APIs Solve It

You press the pay button and the screen says the transaction failed. Behind that failure are checks on your balance and transaction security. This post explains how funds confirmation APIs work, where they apply, and the situation in Turkey's open banking.