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Payment Systems
WhatsApp, one of the world's leading messaging apps, is rolling out a long-awaited new feature. After the update, users in Brazil will be able to shop and pay from within the app. Meta announced that users can now pay small businesses directly in WhatsApp.
FAST
The FAST system will bring significant convenience and speed to payments and money transfers. Here are its advantages for citizens and businesses, from Easy Address transfers to risk-based limits.
Payment System Institutions
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.
Merchant & POS
Today, as credit cards shift from physical to virtual use, a similar move has come from the POS side. We have begun to see mobile phones used as POS devices becoming a serious rival to physical POS terminals.
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.
Credit Card
Credit cards have replaced cash in daily life. Although preferred for installments and reward points, they offer many benefits when used correctly, but uncontrolled spending and late payments can cause serious problems.
Merchant & POS
A Z Report is a report taken at the end of the business day, bearing a sequential number, that gives detailed information about sales made using a cash register during a business day, the revenue earned, and the VAT collected.
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.
Laws & Regulations
The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) extended the compliance deadlines for digital wallets and GEÇİT. The digital wallet deadline moved from 7 October 2024 to 7 April 2025.
Payment Systems
ISO 18245 is an ISO standard on the management of Merchant Category Codes (MCC) in retail financial services. ISO 18245: 2003 defines the code values used to classify merchants by the type of business, trade or service they provide.
Payment Institutions & E-Money
The duties of the Payment Systems and Financial Technologies Department, set up within the CBRT Head Office, have been defined, along with the directorates it consists of.
Merchant & POS
Just like a car, a POS device has a brand and a model, for example Ingenico ICT220 or Ingenico ICT250. Each model differs from the others: some have a contactless reader while others may not, and screens, memory and features vary.