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Laws & Regulations
The information and documents required in license applications to provide payment services or issue electronic money in Türkiye are listed in the first and second paragraphs of Article 8 of the Regulation.
Debit Card
A type of smart card containing a microchip and simple software, which performs contactless reading when brought close to a smart card reader. It isn't linked to a bank account and has no credit limit like credit cards. You can spend up to the amount loaded onto the card...
Laws & Regulations
In its press release of 12 November 2020, the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye announced that preparations had been completed to launch FAST, a new instant payment system.
Courier & Delivery
Although some banks use web service integration, banks generally handle card distribution with couriers through file exchanges, with information sent within the service instead.
Credit Card
BKM Online is the web-based electronic system that enables communication and information sharing between BKM and its members, including documents, reports, services and work calendars, according to user permissions.
Merchant & POS
When a transaction is made through a POS, it is recorded both on the POS itself and in the acquiring bank's authorization system. At batch close, the POS sends all its transactions to the bank, which reconciles them against its own records.
Merchant & POS
The Personal Data Protection Law was adopted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 24/03/2016 and published in Official Gazette No. 29677 on 07/04/2016. It protects individuals' rights in the processing of personal data and sets the rules that data controllers must follow.
Debit Card
Some banks offer their customers a debit card product backed by an individual or corporate credit facility. How do these products work? First, these cards are printed as unembossed (no-name) cards and delivered by courier to branch staff. A credit application…
Debit Card
A stored value card is a widely used card type today. Instead of being held in a financial system, the monetary balance is stored directly on the card, which has a special magnetic stripe recording important financial data such as the balance.
FAST
Yes. For example, a mobile phone number linked to an account as an Easy Address can be updated to an email address. The Easy Address system uses the most recently changed information and automatically deletes the previous one.
FAST
Current information: This post describes the limit in effect at the time of publication. The FAST transaction limit, introduced in January, was raised periodically and reached 1,000 TL as of January 29. See the newer post for the current FAST limit.
Credit Card
Credit cards are undoubtedly the most important payment tool for most of us when shopping. So what stages does a credit card or debit card go through before it reaches our pocket? The customer submits a card application request, and the process continues from there.