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Credit Card
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.
Payment Systems
Every payment transaction completes in seconds, yet dozens of controls run behind the scenes. This post covers the precautions for authorization and clearing, the critical role of reversals, and the financial loss scenarios most often seen in the field.
Payment Systems
Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) is a next-generation protocol that lets AI agents integrate directly into commercial processes such as payments, orders, refunds and subscriptions. This post explains how it works and what it offers businesses.
Payment Systems
Takasbank (Istanbul Settlement and Custody Bank) exists to increase the competitiveness of Turkey's markets by providing clearing and custody services, financial services, and other economic activities under the relevant legislation.
Open Banking
Embedded Finance means integrating financial products and services into non-financial platforms, experiences or business processes. In other words, services offered by financial institutions become part of the product or service flows of non-financial organizations.
Payment Systems
Digitalization keeps changing the speed and shape of payments. AI-based payment agents pay on their own within user-defined limits and rules, completing transactions without the user initiating any action. This post explains how they work and what to watch for.
Payment Systems
There are standards that keep payment systems running smoothly and reliably. One of these is ISO 20022. So what is ISO 20022, and why was it created? It is an international, XML-based financial messaging standard developed in 2009.
Laws & Regulations
The articles of the Regulation on the Accessibility of Banking Services are listed below. Published in the Official Gazette on 18 June 2016 (issue 29746), banks must strictly comply with them. PART ONE Purpose...
Merchant & POS
CAT (Cardholder Activated Terminal) devices are typically unattended terminals that accept various payment cards. These terminals are frequently installed at railway ticket stations, gas stations, toll roads, parking lots, and other commercial locations.
Security
In the Man in the Browser fraud method, the goal is not to steal the user's password but to place malware in the browser itself. A malicious browser extension can alter the amount and recipient of the user's transfers at will.
EMV
BIC stands for Bank Identifier Code. It is the universal bank identification code used for automated processing in banking and related financial environments, identifying banks as specified by the ISO 9362 standard.
Merchant & POS
Digitalization has brought major change to payment systems, just as it has to every area of our lives. Its biggest impact has been turning the financial world into something virtual, spanning IoT, mobile payments, blockchain and biometrics.