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Open Banking
The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) is a body set up by the UK's CMA to design and implement Open Banking, developing standards for APIs, security and the wider ecosystem together with other stakeholders.
ATM
With a protocol signed on 04.04.2018, Türkiye's public banks launched the “Free Shared ATM Use” system, allowing their customers to use each other's ATMs free of charge for many transactions.
Payment System Institutions
According to the CBRT's official website, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has become the controlling shareholder of the Interbank Card Center (BKM), using the authority granted by Law No. 7192.
Payment Systems
“Brick and mortar” refers to a business's physical presence in a building. In banking, it describes the traditional branch-based model of face-to-face contact between bank and customer.
Merchant & POS
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.
HSM & Security
In the past, banking meant going to a branch. Today, most transactions run through channels such as the Internet Branch, ATM and Mobile Branch, so improving internet banking security and regularly informing customers about it is important.
FAST
Yes. The FAST system was first launched with the participation of banks in Türkiye, and integration has been completed with 21 banks. Non-bank institutions meeting the criteria, such as payment and e-money institutions, will also be able to join.
Open Banking
The European Banking Authority (EBA) is an EU regulatory body headquartered in Paris. It runs stress tests on European banks to increase transparency and identify weaknesses in their capital structures. It was established on 1 January 2011.
Credit Card
In transactions carried out through banks, a certain limit is set due to the rules and requirements of institutions such as the BRSA (BDDK) and MASAK, as well as the measures banks take to reduce risk, and transactions above this limit are not approved. In the world of payment systems…
Laws & Regulations
It is the regulation that sets out the procedures and principles for banks procuring support services, that is, outsourcing. Some services such as catering, legal counsel and advertising are outside its scope.
Credit Card
Germany-based Deutsche Bank is launching a new credit card in Spain with a dynamic CVV code that changes every four hours, to make online shopping more secure. Deutsche Bank partnered with Mastercard and Idemia for the new card, launched under the Tarjeta Calma brand.
Credit Card
BIN stands for Bank Identification Number, the unique code made up of a card's first 6 digits that identifies which bank issued it, under the ISO/IEC 7812 standard.