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Illustration representing an installment transaction made with a credit card

Credit Card

What is an Installment Transaction?

An installment transaction splits a payment into a set number of installments reflected on the cardholder's statement, when the card and POS bank are the same. For example, a 1000 TL transaction in 5 installments reflects 200 TL per statement period, starting from the first one.

Illustration of the benefits credit cards provide to merchants

Credit Card

What benefits do credit cards provide to merchants?

At first glance, a credit card seems like a product offered for cardholders' use and benefit, but it also provides significant benefits to merchants, from faster cash flow to collection security and new customers.

Diagram showing the CAT (Cardholder Activated Terminal) Indicator field used in payment authorization messages

Merchant & POS

What is the CAT (Cardholder Activated Terminal) Indicator?

CAT (Cardholder Activated Terminal) devices are typically unattended terminals that accept various payment cards. These terminals are frequently installed at railway ticket stations, gas stations, toll roads, parking lots, and other commercial locations.

Smartphone being used as a mobile POS device for a card payment

Merchant & POS

Mobile Phones Are Turning Into POS Devices

With advances in technology, mobile phones can now be used for many functions besides calls and internet access. One such innovation is the ability to use smartphones or tablets as POS devices.

Consumer Protection Law No. 6502 illustration

Laws & Regulations

What Is Consumer Protection Law No. 6502?

Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection aims to protect consumers' health, safety and economic interests, compensate their losses and inform them. It covers all consumer transactions and practices aimed at consumers.

Screenshot of the TOTAL mobile payment flow for paying for fuel from the car

Merchant & POS

A New Era in Fuel Retail: Paying Without Getting Out of the Car

Mobile phones are entering our lives more every day. One study found people forget their wallets more often than their phones. This post explains how to buy fuel with TOTAL Mobile Payment and BKM Express without getting out of the car.

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.

Illustration representing electronic payment systems

Payment Systems

What are Payment Systems?

Let's talk about payment systems, which we have heard more about since the internet entered our lives, and the basic structures behind them. The first credit card in the world was used in America in the 1920s.

Virtual POS (VPOS) online payment interface screenshot

Merchant & POS

What is VPOS (Virtual POS)?

VPOS (Virtual POS) is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, used for purchases made over the internet. It is also known as Virtual POS. VPOS is not issued to individual customers.

Illustration of the benefits credit cards provide to cardholders

Credit Card

What benefits do credit cards provide to cardholders?

Many people who appear as credit card victims in the news and on social media run into trouble because they think their credit limit is unlimited and forget it must eventually be repaid. A credit card is the best payment instrument, if you know how to use it.