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Merchant & POS
An imprinter is the name given to devices that transfer all the information embossed on a credit card onto a paper sales receipt. Before POS terminals, it was commonly used by merchants for authorization transactions.
Merchant & POS
VPOS (Virtual POS) is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, used for purchases made over the internet. It is also known as Virtual POS. VPOS is not issued to individual customers.
Credit Card
A prepaid card is a customized chip or chipless card that is not linked to a bank account and has no credit limit like a credit card. You can only spend up to the amount loaded onto the card.
Merchant & POS
Virtual POS is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, designed for online shopping. It is not issued to individual customers, only to sole proprietorships, companies, or foundations and associations.
Payment Systems
Let's start by defining e-money. In general terms, e-money is a monetary value stored on a secure technological device (such as a computer disk). E-money is a concept defined under Turkish law through legislation enacted by the BRSA (BDDK).
Prepaid Cards
Prepaid cards are among the most popular cards right now, and their use keeps growing. A prepaid card is not linked to a bank account, has no credit limit like a credit card, and can be used up to the amount loaded onto it.
FAST
The Easy Addressing System (KOLAS) is one of the layered services of FAST, the Central Bank's instant funds transfer system, developed and operated by BKM. It lets users send money via phone number or email instead of an IBAN.
Laws & Regulations
Turkey is rapidly implementing the items in the 11th Development Plan for a fintech ecosystem with equal opportunity. Under the approved law amendment, some BRSA powers over payment services and e-money companies were transferred to the CBRT, making it the single authority in payments.
Laws & Regulations
Law No. 6493, published in Official Gazette No. 28690 on 27 June 2013, regulates the procedures and principles for payment and securities settlement systems, payment services, payment institutions and e-money institutions.
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.
Online & Authorization
A reference guide to authorization response codes seen on POS and ATM transactions, with plain-language explanations of what each code means and what to do about it.
Credit Card
A prepaid card may look like a debit card since it has no predetermined limit and purchases are limited to the amount loaded by the cardholder, but in terms of use and operating logic it differs significantly from both credit and debit cards.