Payment Systems
Where Can I Find the Regulations on the Bank Cards and Credit Cards Law?
You can access the regulations on the Bank Cards and Credit Cards Law on the BRSA website. The regulations are updated as new ones are introduced.
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Laws & Regulations
What Is the Regulation on Bank Cards and Credit Cards? What Does It Contain?
The purpose of the Regulation on Bank Cards and Credit Cards is to set the procedures and principles for issuing and using bank and credit cards and for the activities of institutions in the card payment system.
Laws & Regulations
What Is Law No. 5464 on Bank Cards and Credit Cards? What Does It Contain?
The purpose of Law No. 5464 on Bank Cards and Credit Cards is to ensure the card payment system works effectively by regulating the issuance and use of bank and credit cards and the related clearing and netting processes.
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.
Payment Systems
BRSA Publishes Draft Regulation Amending the Regulation on Debit Cards and Credit Cards
The BRSA has published a draft regulation amending the Regulation on Debit Cards and Credit Cards. It introduces the card scheme definition, a customer right to choose the card scheme, and an obligation for acquirers to define licensed schemes on merchant POS devices.
Laws & Regulations
The Regulation on the Accessibility of Banking Services and What It Contains
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
What is a surcharge?
A surcharge is a fee, charge, or tax added to the cost of a good or service. In payment systems, it refers to adding the merchant's transaction commission to the cash sale amount on credit card transactions, resulting in a higher charge.
Credit Card
Who Can Legally Get a Credit Card?
People over 18 who have the capacity to discern, are not under legal restriction and whose creditworthiness is deemed suitable by the bank can get a credit card. Banks set different criteria for professions, students and homemakers.
Credit Card
What is LKS (Limit Control System)?
Limit Control System (LKS): A system provided by KKB (Credit Bureau of Turkey) that allows customers' limit details to be checked in real time. It provides member banks (or institutions) with information sharing on consumers' credit card limits. Under the regulation by the BRSA...
Credit Card
What is a Co-Branded Card?
A co-branded card is a card offered by two or more organizations: one the issuing financial institution, the other a non-financial commercial brand (there may be more than one), such as an airline, hotel, or retail chain.
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.
Credit Card
What does credit card limit allocation mean?
A credit card is a card whose limit the bank sets after evaluating the customer against criteria such as income, payment history, and credit bureau score.