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Credit Card
Credit card fraud keeps changing form, but the aim is always to trick the cardholder into giving up card details. Fraudsters posing as delivery couriers now copy cards on modified POS devices. Here is how the scam works and how to protect yourself.
FAST
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has implemented a significant limit increase in the FAST system. Under the regulation effective August 26, 2026, the FAST money transfer limit was raised from TRY 100,000 to TRY 300,000. The same increase also applies to Request to Pay...
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 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
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.
Payment Systems
Let's start by defining e-money. In general terms, e-money is a monetary value stored on a secure technological device (such as a computer disk). E-money is a concept defined under Turkish law through legislation enacted by the BRSA (BDDK).
Merchant & POS
When signing a merchant agreement, merchants declare their line of business, which banks record as an MCC (Merchant Category Code). A merchant may only sell products or services within the line of business declared to its bank.
Payment Systems
B2B and B2C are collaboration models used in e-commerce transactions. This post explains what each term means and compares them in terms of customer, purchasing, sales and marketing.
Security
Payment security is very important in payment systems. To increase security, transactions require additional information such as PINs and passwords. Remembering which information to use, and keeping it in mind without forgetting…
Laws & Regulations
The purpose of this regulation is to set the procedures and principles for the operating licenses and activities of the operators of payment and securities settlement systems.
Laws & Regulations
No. An institution issuing electronic money in Türkiye must be a joint-stock company established in Türkiye and licensed by the Board, even if it already holds a license in its home country in Europe.
ATM
Banks generally prefer to handle their own ATM software and operations. Some banks have third-party firms develop the software while handling operational processes themselves, so each bank ends up doing separate work for both.