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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.
Credit Card
The credit card minimum payment amount lets customers who cannot pay their full debt keep using their cards. In June 2019 the BRSA set the minimum payment at 30 percent for all limits, and kept 40 percent for cards issued within the past year.
Contactless
You can tell whether a card supports contactless payments by the four wave symbols printed on it. If the wave symbol is present, your card supports contactless transactions. If not, contact your bank for a new card.
Credit Card
The coronavirus has turned the past month into a new way of life. How will these changes affect payment systems? This post reviews the March 2020 data announced by BKM, including the surge in contactless and online card payments.
Merchant & POS
Current information: this article describes the limit in force at the time of publication. To reduce the risk of the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading, the contactless transaction limit on credit and debit cards was raised to 250 lira.
Payment Systems
The Central Bank has published a guide setting out the detailed technical principles and rules for using TR Karekod in card payment transactions, based on the TR Karekod Regulation and the TR Karekod Principles and Rules.
Credit Card
Data on card payments made online in Türkiye is shared by BKM, updated monthly by number and value of transactions. Here is the link and how to interpret the figures.
Payment Systems
When Does a Transit Card Become a Payment System? Millions of people in Istanbul use Istanbulkart every day. Passing through metro turnstiles, rushing to a bus or boarding a ferry at the last moment, our hand reaches almost by reflex for our card or our phone...
Online & Authorization
Account-to-account (A2A) payments can be described as making a payment by transferring money from one bank account to another. Though similar to wire transfer/EFT, combining the transfer with the payment creates a seamless experience.
Credit Card
The BRSA raised the card limit threshold used to set the minimum payment rate from TRY 50,000 to TRY 100,000. This post explains what changed, why now, the short-term relief, the risk of carried-over balances, and which data to watch.
Merchant & POS
In Turkey, there are 3 payment schemes we are used to seeing: MasterCard, Visa, and Troy. American Express and Diners Club are also used, though less widely. Russia's Central Bank recently said two Turkish banks are preparing to accept Mir cards.
Credit Card
A prepaid card is a customized card, with or without a chip, not linked to a bank account and without a credit limit like credit cards, letting you spend only the amount loaded onto it.