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FAST
Yes. The FAST system was first launched with the participation of banks in Türkiye, and integration has been completed with 21 banks. Non-bank institutions meeting the criteria, such as payment and e-money institutions, will also be able to join.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
The Law provides for judicial fines and prison sentences for people who act as a payment or electronic money institution without the required licenses, and for those who use names suggesting they do.
Payment Systems
The CBRT has published a guide on reporting persons and institutions that provide payment services without authorization. Under Law No. 6493, offering such services outside the CBRT's published list of payment and e-money institutions is a criminal offense.
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.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
VUK 507 is the common name of Tax Procedure Law General Communique Serial No. 507, published in the Official Gazette on 1/6/2019 on the Secure Mobile Payment and Electronic Document Management System. It sets the rules for sales, collection and electronic document applications.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
Bill payment intermediation is a payment service under Law No. 6493. Only the CBRT and payment service providers, namely banks, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and PTT, can offer it.
Merchant & POS
When payment and e-money institutions were first set up, their commissions were subject to VAT, but BSMV was also debated. General Communiqué on Expenditure Taxes (Serial No: 91) settled the issue; here is how the tax base is determined.
ISO 8583
F42 - CARD ACCEPTOR IDENTIFICATION CODE: the merchant number of the terminal where a transaction took place. It is a 15-character alphanumeric value. Transactions are settled to the merchant's account based on the merchant number in this field.
E-commerce
Alternative payment systems are services from intermediary companies that use virtual POS accounts in the background to benefit merchants. Law No. 6493 calls them payment institutions. This article compares them with bank virtual POS accounts.
Laws & Regulations
Under the Directive, payments made through telecom operators cover the purchase of digital services such as music, digital newspapers, e-tickets or charity donations, within certain amount thresholds.
E-commerce
Expenditure Taxes General Communiqué No. 91 ended the VAT versus BSMV debate for payment and e-money institutions. Under Article 7, e-money institutions pay BSMV on the commissions they collect.
Payment Systems
An amendment was made to the communiqué on the information systems of payment and e-money institutions and data sharing services, setting 31/3/2025 as the deadline for other payment service providers' obligations.