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Illustration representing the products and services KKB offers directly to its member institutions

Credit Card

What Products and Services Does KKB Offer Directly to Members?

KKB was established, under banking law, to enable the exchange of all kinds of information and documents among at least five banks, and it also shares credit information about customers. The Credit Bureau of Turkey also serves deposit banks, participation banks, financial institutions, and more.

SCRW smart card reader/writer device

Security

What is SCRW (Smart Card Reader Writer)?

SCRW (Smart Card Reader Writer) can be translated as Smart Card Reader/Writer. Smart chip card readers are sophisticated devices with built-in intelligence, usable in PCs, laptops, servers, smartphones, and set-top boxes.

Illustration of dynamic CVM limit management for contactless card payments

Payment Systems

Dynamic CVM Limit Management Approach: A New Era in Card Security

One of the most notable recent developments in card payments is that contactless limits are no longer fixed and can be managed dynamically per customer. Mastercard and Visa are taking different but complementary approaches, and ISO 8583 may need to evolve with them.

Screenshot illustrating a prepaid card and its features

Credit Card

What is a prepaid card?

A prepaid card is a customized card, with or without a chip, not linked to a bank account and without a credit limit like credit cards, letting you spend only the amount loaded onto it.

Transactions available at an ATM

ATM

Transactions You Can Make at an ATM

Moving branch transactions to channels such as ATMs, internet banking and mobile banking lowers banking costs, so almost every transaction can now be done through them. Here is what ATMs offer.

Diagram of BKM public collection solutions including transport and payment gateway services

Payment System Institutions

What Are BKM Public Collection Solutions?

BKM (Interbank Card Center) was founded in 1990 to clear and reconcile credit and debit card payments. This post covers its public collection solutions: contactless transport in Konya, SGK premium payments and e-Government gateway fees.

Google Card, the physical payment card Google is reportedly preparing to rival Apple Card

Credit Card

Meet the Google Card!

After Apple Card, announced last March to great fanfare, Huawei said it would issue a card too. Google has now joined the race among tech companies by announcing a new card of its own.

Contactless card payment at a POS terminal after the limit increase to 250 TL

Merchant & POS

Contactless transaction limit raised to 250 TL

Current information: this article describes the limit in force at the time of publication. To reduce the risk of the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading, the contactless transaction limit on credit and debit cards was raised to 250 lira.

Cover page of the CBRT guide linking payment business models to payment service types

Payment Systems

Guide Linking Payment Business Models to Payment Service Types Published

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.

PayPal QR code payment screen shown on a mobile phone

Payment Institutions & E-Money

PayPal Expands Its QR Code Payment Service

PayPal announced that it is launching payments with QR codes in 28 markets worldwide, including the USA, the UK, France, Hong Kong and Canada. Businesses can use QR codes to accept payments and consumers to shop contactlessly through the PayPal mobile app.