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Laws & Regulations
The Equity-Based Crowdfunding Communiqué entered into force with its publication in the Official Gazette on 03.10.2019 and explains how money is raised from the public through crowdfunding platforms in exchange for shares. What are crowdfunding and equity-based crowdfunding?
Closed-Loop Payments
Is Starbucks really selling coffee, or building an ecosystem? Prepaid balances, a loyalty program and customer data turn a coffee chain's payments into a closed-loop economy, a very different model from Istanbulkart.
Credit Card
Payment systems are changing fast, and new players are emerging. The Advantage Card, the first installment credit card in Turkey and Europe, did not come from a bank, which holds lessons for today's fintech entrepreneurs.
Credit Card
Although card usage today is shifting from physical use toward virtual use, physical card production, personalization, and printing remain vital steps in card manufacturing. Here are the companies that produce and personalize cards in Turkey.
Online & Authorization
OpenAI and Stripe announced the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), with Instant Checkout live on Etsy and Shopify in the US. What this means for payment facilitators and e-commerce platforms, and what may come beyond one-click checkout.
ATM
ATMs are devices that let customers carry out many banking transactions without visiting a branch. Keeping these devices technologically up to date and maintaining a high level of security are among the most important issues. Below are the companies that provide ATM software and support in Turkey.
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...
General
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?
Mobile Payments
New developments emerge every day in payment systems and digital payments. The Economic Reforms Action Plan, published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, includes several items of close interest to fintechs, such as TROY, BKM representation, digital banking licensing and CBRT access.
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.
EMV
The AID tells the terminal which applications are present on a chip during a POS or ATM transaction. What does the AID do? It lets the terminal determine whether it supports an application on the chip. In Tag 9F06, it is 5-16 digits long.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Open banking means sharing customers' financial information with a third-party fintech company so that a range of banking and financial services can be offered to them. It works through API integrations. This post covers its status in Turkey and the new BRSA regulation.