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Credit Card
The minimum payment amount is the portion of the monthly debt - resulting from a cardholder's credit card spending shown on the latest statement - that must be paid. How much of the total debt is the minimum payment amount? Although the calculation varies from bank to bank...
Credit Card
The BRSA raised the card limit threshold used to set the minimum payment rate from TRY 50,000 to TRY 100,000. This post explains what changed, why now, the short-term relief, the risk of carried-over balances, and which data to watch.
Payment System Institutions
These are credit institutions providing financing to individuals and companies for purchasing goods and services. Financing companies specialize mainly in vehicle loans, offering fast and flexible point-of-sale solutions distinct from banks.
Merchant & POS
A Payment Facilitator (PF) is a licensed payment institution that lets merchants accept card payments without applying to banks directly. Learn how it works.
Payment Systems
Under the EU Digital Markets Act, Apple will let third-party developers in the European Economic Area offer NFC contactless payments inside iOS apps without Apple Pay or Apple Wallet, opening the way for banks and payment services to launch their own tap-to-pay solutions.
Credit Card
Yes. A credit card cancellation request cannot be refused on the grounds that there is an outstanding balance on the card, and no annual membership fee can be charged during the repayment period of a card cancelled this way.
Closed-Loop Payments
Why does a coffee chain build its own loyalty program, and why does a payment app keep adding services? This post looks at how loyalty, data, and new services drive the growth of closed-loop payment systems, and at the financial layers behind that growth.
Credit Card
The ISO/IEC 7810 standard is an international standard that defines the physical characteristics of cards (credit cards, ATM cards, ID cards, etc.) such as physical dimensions, bending, flame and chemical resistance, temperature and humidity resistance, toxicity, and flammability.
Merchant & 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).
Payment Institutions & E-Money
On 7 October 2023, the CBRT amended the Communiqué on Information Systems of Payment and E-Money Institutions and Data Sharing Services of Payment Service Providers, first published on 1 December 2021. Links to the new text, a comparison table and a detailed summary of changes follow.
Chargeback
Chargeback reason codes vary by card scheme. The Amex chargeback reason codes and their descriptions are listed below: American Express Chargeback Reason Codes A01 The charge you submitted did not receive a valid authorization approval code for the amount...
Merchant & POS
A POS batch close triggers reconciliation between the transactions under that batch number and the bank's records, and starts the transfer to the merchant's account.