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Illustration representing a no-show hotel reservation fee

Chargeback

What is No Show?

A no-show fee is the one-night/one-day charge collected by merchants for hotel reservations and car rental bookings that were made but not used, and not canceled when they should have been. It means an unused and uncanceled reservation.

Diagram of the committees within the BKM system

Payment System Institutions

What are the committees in the BKM system?

BKM (Interbank Card Center) works through several committees: Security, Operations and Technology, Market Development, Business Development, Chargeback Rules and Arbitration, ATM Sharing, plus arbitration committees. This post outlines each one's duties.

Illustration of a physician POS (doctor POS) device used in medical practices

Merchant & POS

What is Physician POS (Doctor 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).

Diagram illustrating TCR (Transaction Record Component) packets used in payment clearing and settlement files

Payment Systems

What Is TCR (Transaction Record Component)?

TCR stands for Transaction Record Component, the packets that carry transaction information in a clearing system. Transaction types in a clearing file are distinguished by transaction code and usage code values, and this data is sent inside TCR packets.

Illustration explaining how post-purchase installment conversion works for credit card payments

Credit Card

What Is Post-Purchase Installment Conversion?

Post-purchase installment conversion lets credit card purchases and cash withdrawals be split into installments afterward for a fee. See the rules and limits banks apply.

Credit card being inserted into a merchant POS terminal

Credit Card

What Is the Transaction Life Cycle in the Card World?

As credit cards become more and more a part of our lives, we now make almost all our purchases without cash. We inserted our card into the merchant's POS. We made a 100 TRY sale transaction. We received a receipt confirming it was successful.

TreeCard wooden bank card made from sustainably sourced cherry wood

Credit Card

Can a card be made from wood?

While the use of physical cards and POS terminals is gradually declining, positive developments continue, such as the world's first wooden card, TreeCard, backed by the search engine Ecosia and aimed at reforesting the world.

Illustration representing the Mir payment card scheme

Merchant & POS

2 Turkish Banks Agreed to Accept the Mir Payment System

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.