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Payment Systems
Couriers are used to physically deliver cards (credit, debit, prepaid) to customers. Here is a brief look at the card's life cycle, from application and printing to courier sorting and final delivery.
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.
Merchant & POS
When a chip can't be read due to a chip fault or the card being inserted incorrectly, the transaction is completed by swiping the magnetic stripe on the right side of the POS. Can chipless cards do fallback?
Payment Systems
The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) had prepared a draft communiqué on the remote identity verification methods banks can use. According to the communiqué published in today's Official Gazette, the practice enters into force on May 1.
Closed-Loop Payments
Is Starbucks really selling coffee, or building an ecosystem? Prepaid balances, a loyalty program and customer data turn a coffee chain's payments into a closed-loop economy, a very different model from Istanbulkart.
ATM
RKL is the process of distributing a TMK (Terminal Master Key) to each terminal from a central point. It is used to remotely load keys onto POS and ATM devices, loading TMKs onto an ATM's keypad or activating them on a POS.
Laws & Regulations
In its press release of 12 November 2020, the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye announced that preparations had been completed to launch FAST, a new instant payment system.
Payment System Institutions
FAST is the money transfer system announced by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye in its press release of 12 November 2020 that makes 24/7 money transfers possible.
Credit Card
Banks generally keep a record in the system of a card's "First Transaction Date." This information is automatically populated by the online authorization system. So under what circumstances is it updated? First, an authorization transaction must…
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.
Payment Systems
This Guide links business models frequently encountered in the payments field to the payment services listed in Law No. 6493 on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions, and aims at uniformity in practice.
Clearing
The clearing system settles a transaction between two participants when a card from one bank is used at another bank's POS or ATM. Learn about the incoming and outgoing files used in interbank clearing.