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Payment Systems
With its announcement of 30/11/2023, the Revenue Administration published a draft Tax Procedure Law General Communiqué to complete the replacement of old-generation payment recorder devices (EN OKC) with new-generation ones (YN OKC), reduce cash use and increase card payment options.
Laws & Regulations
When payment institutions and e-money institutions were first established, the commissions they collected from customers were subject to VAT. Because they carry out activities similar to banking, BSMV was also debated. The General Communiqué on Expense Taxes (Series No: 91) resolved this.
Online & Authorization
Account-to-account (A2A) payments can be described as making a payment by transferring money from one bank account to another. Though similar to wire transfer/EFT, combining the transfer with the payment creates a seamless experience.
Merchant & POS
The Secure Mobile Payment System is a system permitted by the Ministry, operated under the Revenue Administration (GIB) Communiqué, for sales, payment and collection transactions and the electronic creation, transmission and retention of the related financial documents.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Payment Services Data Sharing Services refers to the data sharing services used in the payment services set out in subparagraphs (f) or (g) of the first paragraph of Article 12 of Law No. 6493.
Payment Systems
Open banking opens financial data, under the regulations and with the customer's explicit consent, to third-party service providers through standard APIs. The CBRT has published a guide on payment initiation and account information services, covering licensing and technical certification.
Closed-Loop Payments
Why does a coffee chain build its own loyalty program, and why does a payment app keep adding services? This post looks at how loyalty, data, and new services drive the growth of closed-loop payment systems, and at the financial layers behind that growth.
Closed-Loop Payments
Is Starbucks really selling coffee, or building an ecosystem? Prepaid balances, a loyalty program and customer data turn a coffee chain's payments into a closed-loop economy, a very different model from Istanbulkart.
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.
Laws & Regulations
A payment service means the services offered under Article 12(1) of Law No. 6493. Essentially, it is delivering funds received from a sender to a recipient.
Closed-Loop Payments
In the final post of the closed-loop payments series, the common question behind cards, QR payments, and prepaid balances comes into focus: who manages the customer relationship, and whose ecosystem does the customer stay in?
Merchant & POS
Advances in payment systems make shopping safer and easier for customers. For e-commerce sites and brands, offering reliable, practical and fast payment options is a serious advantage. An online payment link is one innovative way to accept payments without a POS device.