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Illustration representing QR code payment routing in Turkey

Payment Systems

What are the QR Code Routing System (KYS) Rules?

The purpose of these rules is to set out the operating rules, participation requirements, and pricing principles of the QR Code Routing System (KYS) established and operated by BKM, as well as other procedures related to KYS's operation.

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Security

Why Is AWS (Amazon Web Services) Preferred?

The number of companies offering cloud computing and storage has grown sharply in recent years. AWS, founded in 2006, is the world's largest cloud computing and storage provider, ahead of Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and IBM.

Illustration representing electronic payment systems

Payment Systems

What are Payment Systems?

Let's talk about payment systems, which we have heard more about since the internet entered our lives, and the basic structures behind them. The first credit card in the world was used in America in the 1920s.

Consumer Protection Law No. 6502 illustration

Laws & Regulations

What Is Consumer Protection Law No. 6502?

Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection aims to protect consumers' health, safety and economic interests, compensate their losses and inform them. It covers all consumer transactions and practices aimed at consumers.

Illustration explaining how post-purchase installment conversion works for credit card payments

Credit Card

What Is Post-Purchase Installment Conversion?

Post-purchase installment conversion lets credit card purchases and cash withdrawals be split into installments afterward for a fee. See the rules and limits banks apply.

Diagram of the committees within the BKM system

Payment System Institutions

What are the committees in the BKM system?

BKM (Interbank Card Center) works through several committees: Security, Operations and Technology, Market Development, Business Development, Chargeback Rules and Arbitration, ATM Sharing, plus arbitration committees. This post outlines each one's duties.

Illustration of a physician POS (doctor POS) device used in medical practices

Merchant & POS

What is Physician POS (Doctor POS)?

Doctor POS devices are POS terminals designed for physicians, dentists, and veterinarians who are income taxpayers, meeting the requirements set out in the General Communique of the Tax Procedure Law (VUK).

Illustration of embedded finance, with payment, credit, insurance and investment services built into everyday digital platforms

Open Banking

What Is Embedded Finance?

Embedded Finance means integrating financial products and services into non-financial platforms, experiences or business processes. In other words, services offered by financial institutions become part of the product or service flows of non-financial organizations.

Overview of Türkiye's Law No. 6493

Laws & Regulations

What Is Law No. 6493? What Does It Contain?

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.