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ATM
At payment points such as ATMs and POS terminals, the most critical step is PIN verification or verifying the customer through their identity information. However, since ATMs cannot verify a customer's identity, PIN verification becomes more important. So how is it performed?
Merchant & POS
Below are the definitions of the cornerstone terms of payment systems, as established by the Banks Association of Turkey (TBB): debit card, credit card, merchant, cardholder, and more.
Laws & Regulations
The Regulation amending the Regulation on Program of Compliance with Obligations of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism has been published. It introduces financial group compliance rules, a deputy compliance officer and wider scope.
Security
Access Security Control (ACS) is the security protocol that the card-issuing bank must maintain in 3-D Secure to support cardholder authentication, functioning as a complete authentication solution for issuers and payment processors.
Fraud
Chargeback is the process of refunding a credit card payment when the goods or services that should have been received were not, or when transactions not made by the cardholder are identified. In Turkish it is translated as reversal of presentment.
Credit Card
Due to how payment systems work, authorization is obtained first for a transaction. For a Not Onus transaction (where the card-issuing bank and the POS bank are different), the system waits for the relevant transaction to arrive via the clearing incoming file…
Laws & Regulations
Law No. 7192 amends certain articles of Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions. Announced on 22 November 2019, it entered into force on 01.01.2020.
Laws & Regulations
An electronic money institution can carry out the activities of a payment institution, but a payment institution has no authority to issue electronic money. So a payment institution cannot carry out an e-money institution's activities.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
No. Virtual currency is a digital representation of value not issued by any central bank, credit institution or e-money institution. Electronic money is defined in Turkish law and is tied to an electronic money institution.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
In general, electronic money is monetary value stored on a protected technological device. Turkish law defines it under Law No. 6493 as electronically stored value issued against funds and accepted by third parties as a means of payment.
Laws & Regulations
A payment institution is a legal entity that provides payment services for electronic payments through the infrastructure it offers. This article covers the Turkish regulatory framework, licensing, safeguarding, supervision, penalties and taxation.
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.