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Payment Institutions & E-Money
Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions defines a payment instrument as a personalized device such as a card, mobile phone, or password.
Chargeback
Chargeback reason codes vary by card scheme. The Amex chargeback reason codes and their descriptions are listed below: American Express Chargeback Reason Codes A01 The charge you submitted did not receive a valid authorization approval code for the amount...
E-commerce
Alternative payment systems are services from intermediary companies that use virtual POS accounts in the background to benefit merchants. Law No. 6493 calls them payment institutions. This article compares them with bank virtual POS accounts.
Fraud
Contactless transactions have grown rapidly, but can a payment really be made from your wallet without your knowledge? Here is what the actual risks and safeguards look like.
Merchant & POS
The Personal Data Protection Law was adopted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 24/03/2016 and published in Official Gazette No. 29677 on 07/04/2016. It protects individuals' rights in the processing of personal data and sets the rules that data controllers must follow.
Merchant & POS
A Payment Facilitator (PF) is a licensed payment institution that lets merchants accept card payments without applying to banks directly. Learn how it works.
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.
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.
Merchant & POS
Doctor POS devices are POS terminals designed for physicians, dentists, and veterinarians who are income taxpayers, meeting the requirements set out in the General Communique of the Tax Procedure Law (VUK).
Merchant & POS
PSD stands for Payment Services Directive, known as the Payment Services Law. It took effect in EU countries in 2009, and in 2015 new revisions were announced as PSD1, aiming to build an efficient, fast, secure, and competitive payment market.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
On 7 October 2023, the CBRT amended the Communiqué on Information Systems of Payment and E-Money Institutions and Data Sharing Services of Payment Service Providers, first published on 1 December 2021. Links to the new text, a comparison table and a detailed summary of changes follow.