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Payment Systems
“What do contracts have to do with us? Let the legal department handle them,” you might say. But legal teams can't know every specialty, so business teams are expected to help with the clauses that affect their decisions.
Laws & Regulations
No. Companies whose shareholders are foreign individuals or legal entities can also apply for an operating license, provided documents on foreign shareholders are submitted in line with Article 61 of the Regulation.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
The requirement for natural and legal person representatives is set out in Article 13(7) of the Regulation and refers to Article 8(1)(d) of Law No. 5411, which excludes persons convicted of certain offenses.
Laws & Regulations
BKM (Interbank Card Center) membership is available in 3 statuses: bank, institution or HSK. This post explains the eligibility criteria for each status, the 12-month certification requirement and the BKM fee principles.
Credit Card
For a person over 18 with the capacity to discern, getting or using a credit card can only be prevented if they are placed under legal restriction by a court decision. A court-appointed guardian can then ask banks to cancel their cards.
Laws & Regulations
The articles of the Regulation on the Accessibility of Banking Services are listed below. Published in the Official Gazette on 18 June 2016 (issue 29746), banks must strictly comply with them. PART ONE Purpose...
Merchant & POS
In daily credit card purchases, the POS produces two receipts: the Customer Copy and the Merchant Copy. The cardholder gets the customer copy; the merchant keeps its own copy by law.
Merchant & POS
A smart cash register is a new-generation, IP-based payment recording device that integrates a cash register with a POS terminal. It combines fiscal devices and POS devices in a single unit and transmits data to the Ministry of Finance in real time.
Payment Systems
Payment systems need laws and regulations to be managed according to set standards. BKM, a reference point for payment systems in Türkiye, lists the relevant laws and regulations on its website.
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).
Payment Systems
As part of the first-phase work of the Digital Turkish Lira Project led by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), the first payments on the Digital Turkish Lira Network were successfully carried out. The CBRT will continue its closed-loop pilot tests in the first quarter of 2023.
Merchant & POS
The Regulation on the Non-Use of Crypto Assets in Payments, published in the Official Gazette on 16 April and effective from 30 April, looks set to seriously affect cryptocurrency developments in Turkey. Here are its key points and the full text.