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Laws & Regulations
Yes. Payment institutions themselves cannot engage in commercial activities other than payment services, but their agents may continue their other commercial activities alongside the payment services.
Laws & Regulations
Yes. A payment or electronic money institution may outsource its information systems, provided it complies with Articles 11 and 16 of the Information Systems Communiqué and Article 13 of the Regulation.
Laws & Regulations
Digitalization is changing how banks onboard customers. This post covers digital identity, verification methods, what the Turkish ID card offers, and Article 43 of the Regulation on Information Systems of Banks and Electronic Banking Services on remote identity verification and open banking.
Courier & Delivery
Although some banks use web service integration, banks generally handle card distribution with couriers through file exchanges, with information sent within the service instead.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
A payment institution is a legal entity authorized under the Law to provide and execute payment services. It must be a joint stock company meeting the conditions in Article 14 of Law No. 6493. This post sets out the services listed in Article 12 and the exclusions.
Merchant & POS
In payment systems, exchange rate information is used in two places: POS devices that support foreign currency transactions, and credit card transactions made in a foreign currency (usually abroad).
Courier & Delivery
Courier companies and banks generally carry out the card distribution process through file exchanges. (Some banks also use web service integration; in that case the information normally sent via file is transmitted within the service.) With the courier...
Merchant & POS
In the first post I explained what closed-loop payment systems are and how they differ from open-loop ones. Many of the replies I received boiled down to one question: how do these systems actually work behind the scenes once a QR code is scanned?
Payment System Institutions
One of the most important transformations in banking over the last few years has undoubtedly been remote customer onboarding. Individuals can now become bank customers within minutes without visiting a branch. Digital identity checks and contracts largely solved a long-standing problem...
Payment Systems
Digitalization keeps changing the speed and shape of payments. AI-based payment agents pay on their own within user-defined limits and rules, completing transactions without the user initiating any action. This post explains how they work and what to watch for.
Payment Systems
Couriers are used to physically deliver cards (credit, debit, prepaid) to customers. Here is a brief look at the card's life cycle, from application and printing to courier sorting and final delivery.
Payment Systems
Cards are delivered to customers by courier, and at several points along that chain a card could theoretically be intercepted. To prevent misuse before delivery, banks print new and Lost/Stolen replacement cards as Temporarily Blocked, activating them only once the customer receives them.