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Payment by SMS link on a mobile phone illustration

E-commerce

What Is Payment by SMS?

Payment by SMS is a solution where the merchant sends the customer a link via SMS through an online collection system, and the customer pays by entering their debit or credit card details.

Photo of a printed notice about the CBRT amendment allowing payment service providers to create IBANs

Payment Institutions & E-Money

Payment Service Providers Can Now Process Transactions with IBANs

5 August 2021 was a very important day for Turkish payment systems. The CBRT's amendment to the Communiqué on the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) allows payment institutions and e-money institutions to create IBANs as well. This is...

Logos of various international payment card schemes

Credit Card

What Are National and International Payment Schemes?

In the world of payment systems, just as credit cards are an indispensable product, a payment scheme is indispensable for credit cards. When a credit card product is launched, the scheme it will be issued under is decided first.

Diagram of the Secure Mobile Payment and Electronic Document Management System under VUK 507

Payment Institutions & E-Money

What Is the VUK 507 Communique?

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.

FAST instant payment transaction limit

FAST

What Is the FAST Transaction Limit?

The limit in FAST, the CBRT's new instant payment system launched on 8 January, started at 50 TL. It was raised to 250 TL on 14 January and 500 TL on 21 January, and will be raised to 1,000 TL on 28 January.

Diagram illustrating how netting works between two banks in the clearing system

Clearing

What Is Netting in the Clearing System?

In payment systems, a transaction made at a merchant or ATM with a card issued by a different bank becomes subject to clearing. Netting offsets each participant's receivables and payables from these transactions into a single balance.

Shopper at an online checkout seeing a failed payment message because of an insufficient funds check

Online & Authorization

Why Do Your Payments Fail? How Funds Confirmation APIs Solve It

You press the pay button and the screen says the transaction failed. Behind that failure are checks on your balance and transaction security. This post explains how funds confirmation APIs work, where they apply, and the situation in Turkey's open banking.

Illustration representing communication protocols used in POS payment systems

Merchant & POS

What Are POS Sub-Protocols and Their Use Cases in Turkey?

In payment systems, every exchange between POS devices and bank or payment institution systems runs on a specific messaging standard, generally based on ISO 8583. However, each country, bank, or switch network defines its own version of this standard.

Illustration representing digital payment methods such as cards and mobile wallets

Merchant & POS

What is Digital Payment?

Payments made over the internet are called digital payments. Card payments, cryptocurrency, and online banking transfers all fall within the scope of digital payment, along with mobile wallets and QR code payments.

Mir, the Russian national payment scheme, shown on a payment card

Credit Card

What Is MIR, the Russian Payment Scheme?

Mir means World and Peace. It is a national payment system established by a law adopted by the Central Bank of Russia on 1 May 2017. It is currently accepted mostly by Russia-based companies, but acceptance is gradually spreading.