Cryptocurrency
What Is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a digital currency launched experimentally in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto. It has no ties to any central bank, can be bought and sold with national currencies and can be transferred without any intermediary.
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Laws & Regulations
How Are Bill Payment Intermediation Services Taxed?
Payment and e-money institutions' commissions were first subject to VAT, until Expenditure Taxes General Communiqué No. 91 settled the matter. Here is how bill payment intermediation is taxed under Article 10.
Laws & Regulations
We Issue a Prepaid Card Used Only in Brand X's Stores. Is This Electronic Money Issuance?
A prepaid card used only in brand X's stores is considered to be used “only within a limited network of service providers”, and therefore outside the scope of the Law under Article 18(5). Each business model must still be assessed separately.
Laws & Regulations
Can We Name Our Payment Institution “XXX Ödeme Sistemleri A.Ş.” (Payment Systems Inc.)?
No. Under Law No. 6493, a payment system is a structure completely different from a payment institution and requires CBRT permission. Using such a name without permission can lead to criminal penalties.
Credit Card
A New Method in Credit Card Fraud!!
Credit card fraud keeps changing form, but the aim is always to trick the cardholder into giving up card details. Fraudsters posing as delivery couriers now copy cards on modified POS devices. Here is how the scam works and how to protect yourself.
Fraud
What is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack (MITM)?
A man-in-the-middle attack is a method in which an attacker inserts themselves between the server and client to intercept users' information, steal passwords, and gain access to accounts on a local network. This fraud mostly occurs over public internet connections.
Credit Card
What Is the Transaction Life Cycle in the Card World?
As credit cards become more and more a part of our lives, we now make almost all our purchases without cash. We inserted our card into the merchant's POS. We made a 100 TRY sale transaction. We received a receipt confirming it was successful.
Laws & Regulations
What are payment systems according to the CBRT?
Payment systems are the instruments, processes and rules that enable the transfer of funds or securities between participants. This post explains the conditions a structure must meet to qualify as a payment system and the Turkish regulations that govern them.
Payment Systems
What Is IoT (Internet of Things)?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept first used by Kevin Ashton in a 1991 presentation. It refers to many electrical devices, such as watches, fridges and washing machines, communicating with each other.
ATM
What is an ATM Shutter?
The shutter can be described as the gate mechanism that prevents financial loss during ATM cash deposit and withdrawal transactions by controlling customer access to cash and preventing tampering with the ATM system.
Merchant & POS
What Is Cash on Delivery?
Cash on delivery means paying for an online order at the moment of delivery, usually in cash, though some e-commerce sites also accept card payment at the door. It boosts sales and builds trust, but carries risks like missing POS terminals and refused deliveries.
ATM
15 Interesting Facts About ATMs
Although we can now carry out almost all branch transactions at an ATM, for most of us an ATM is still just a machine for depositing and withdrawing cash. Today, without a card, we can use our phones to deposit and withdraw cash via QR code.