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Credit Card
To pay in installments with a credit card, the card and the POS usually need to belong to the same bank (on-us) or to the same card program. Otherwise, only single payments are possible.
Payment Systems
Current information: this post describes the limit at the time of publication. The BRSA raised the contactless card transaction limit to 750 TL, effective 1 July. Above the limit, contactless payments need a PIN. The post also traces the limit's history.
Payment Systems
The BRSA has published a draft amendment to the regulation on remote identification methods used by banks and electronic contract relationships. It extends remote onboarding to legal entities, including MERSIS-based verification of representatives.
Credit Card
The BRSA has decided to raise the contactless card transaction limit to 500 TL, effective 1 February. This post explains the change, how PIN entry works above the limit, and how the limit has evolved since 2019.
Credit Card
If you miss the minimum payment three times in a calendar year, your card is closed to cash use; if you miss it three times in a row, it is closed to both cash use and purchases until the full debt is paid.
Credit Card
A financial card product issued against a primary card, with its own card number, expiration date, authority, limit, and PIN. Using a supplementary card is ideal for making purchases from more than one card while keeping all spending on a single statement.
Credit Card
A credit card is a card whose limit the bank sets after evaluating the customer against criteria such as income, payment history, and credit bureau score.
Laws & Regulations
Digitalization is changing how banks onboard customers. This post covers digital identity, verification methods, what the Turkish ID card offers, and Article 43 of the Regulation on Information Systems of Banks and Electronic Banking Services on remote identity verification and open banking.
Credit Card
If you exceed your limit by no more than 20% and close it in the next statement period, no more than twice a calendar year, only contractual interest is charged on the excess amount. You pay no additional fee.
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.
Payment Systems
An official BRSA letter to banks announced an update to the PIN-free contactless payment limit. From January 15, 2026, contactless payments of up to 2,500 TL can be made without entering a PIN, up from the current 1,500 TL.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Open banking means sharing customers' financial information with a third-party fintech company so that a range of banking and financial services can be offered to them. It works through API integrations. This post covers its status in Turkey and the new BRSA regulation.